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A window on the past

July 11, 2016by richardbrunningswht

The windows for the Roman building have arrived safely, courtesy of our resident glass expert Terry. Sadly the sills were not level enough so have to be tweaked to provide […]

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Time to hit the road…

July 1, 2016by avalonmarshes 3 Comments

After last week’s divisive result, it was decided that the Hands on Heritage team should strengthen the ties with our Experimental Archaeological comrades across the chanel. I put myself forward […]

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Flues, valleys, glass and Viking invasion

June 10, 2016by richardbrunningswht

Exciting times on the archaeological building site. On the Roman building the scaffolding is down and the hypocaust flues are going in the walls. On the Saxon longhall shingles are […]

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Beckery uncovered!

May 26, 2016by richardbrunningswht

The chapels on Beckery island have been uncovered again for the first time in 50 years. Glastonbury Abbey sources from the 12th century link the chapel to King Arthur, who […]

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Shutter up!

March 24, 2016by richardbrunningswht

Back to a bit of woodworking with shutter making for the Saxon hall this week. Hopefully they will be open most of the time in the finished building to make […]

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Art week

March 22, 2016by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

Last week turned into an impromptu art festival, on  show and tell lines, where people brought in their homework for public acclaim. Mary had a very nicely carved window shutter latch […]

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Lake of Excalibur discovered

January 4, 2016by richardbrunningswht 9 Comments

John Leland, the 16th century expert on Arthurian legend, identified the bridge between Street and Glastonbury as the place where King Arthur’s sword Excalibur was cast into a lake. Archaeological work […]

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Wattle and daub

December 17, 2015by richardbrunningswht

While some of the group were on stone shovelling duty, the rest experimented with wattle work on the Roman and Saxon buildings. Interesting solutions for how to wattle a triangular […]

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Saxon hall takes shape

November 19, 2015by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

The Carpenter’s Fellowship have been busy erecting the oak walls of the Saxon longhall. There were several delays with poor ground conditions and the discovery of bits of car and a […]

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Its the tops!

October 20, 2015by richardbrunningswht

Hurrah! The cob has finally reached the top of the wall due to a wonderful effort by the HoH volunteers. Thanks also to Mark Lunnon for some great cob mixing […]

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