Seasonal visitors
After the swallows have departed, the Saxon longhall has now been taken over by a pair of Robins, who closely supervise the work going on and this week seranaded us […]
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Sad passing of Prof John Coles
Very sad news that Professor John Coles passed away on Thursday after suffering a heart attack. John was a pioneer in some many aspects of archaeology from wetlands, to experimental […]
History of ladders exhibition
The first visitor to the outdoor ‘History of Ladders‘ exhibition is completely amazed. ‘I just couldn’t believe it’ said Mr Milton of Bridgwater, ‘how do I get my money back?’ […]
Forward to sunlight uplands!
This week the weather was favourable and the Hands on Heritage workforce achieved great progress once again towards the goals of the (secret) 5 year plan. Tesserae production for the […]
Summer meltdown
In the second week since returning from lockdown, seering temperatures made life difficult but lots was achieved. A Saxon tent, hundreds of tesserae, fixing the antefixes, carvings, weed destruction and […]
Animals in Roman mosaics
There are some great depcitions of animals in Roman mosaics.
Wildlife mosaic challenge
Within the mosaic floor of the Roman building, there are a series of five roundels, based on the design of the nearby Hurcot mosaic. These would often be filled with […]
Wonderful volunteers
As its National Volunteer Week here in the UK, here is a slideshow of the wonderful Hands on Heritage and Lost Island Detective volunteers in action. Nothing would have been […]
Tesserae totaliser
One of the advantages of the lockdown period, that has been overlooked by Number 10, has been the fact that Martin and Richard have been heriocally undergoing hard labour on […]
Viking lockdown
Due to fears of an imminent attack by the fierce Viking leader Covid and his 19 beserkers, the longhall has gone into a state of ‘Saxon lockdown’, with shutters barricaded […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 