At home with the Vikings
Thanks to Draca Beorder re-enactment group for another excellent Viking themed day at Avalon Archaeology. Lots of people came to enjoy themselves experiencing a bit of Norse culture in the […]
Category Archives: Viking
Our beautiful widlife haven
Another busy week with limewashing, tent repairs, wood turning and continuing work on the mosaic and various woodcarvings. Kath’s Oseberg inspired carving is approaching completion and the last of the […]
What newts do on holiday
This week another supply of pre-loved thatch allowed us to continue on the second layer of the Iron Age roundhouse. Kath has begun adding colour to her wonderful Oseberg ship […]
Well oiled Vikings
Every Viking knew how important it was to go to sea well oiled. The volunteers have given the thirsty Walrus a new coat of linseed oil inside and out to […]
New Oseberg carving
Kath is nearing completion of her carving based on designs from the prow of the Oseberg boat burial. It will eventually go on a beam above our replica of the […]
Storms and space
The latest storm took a toll on the roundhouse but the first layer of thatch was repaired and packed in really tight. The next wave of gales will give it […]
Tablet weaving for Vikings
The replica of the tablet weaving loom from the (Norwegian) Oseberg boat burial is finished and in operation. We started using particularly hariy wool from Shetland that bound itself together […]
A bed for a Viking princess
The replica of the bed from the Norwegian Oseberg boat burial was given a mattress of linen stuffed with fresh hay and a colourful thick blanket of wool. As the […]
Of beasts and wool
In the longhall weaving has begun on the large loom. Caz and Alastair created a selvage strip with weaving tablets, using blue and cream coloured wool to begin a c.50cm […]
A looming presence
At last the replica of the Oseberg tablet weaving loom has been completed and is ready to join our IKEA Viking bedroom in the longhall taking its place alongside the […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 