Beastly stuff
Mike’s latest carving has made its appearance in the longhall. One last one is needed to finish the decoration of the timber ‘arch’ inside. The replica Oseberg ship burial bed […]
Category Archives: Viking
As seen on TV
The longhall made a brief appearance on the new series of ‘Digging for Britain‘ as the location for some experimental beer brewing. As Stuart Prior said on the programme, it […]
The skills of volunteers
Another impressive day of work by the Hands on Heritage volunteers, with woodworking, mural painting and mosaic laying. All powered purely by cake (thank you Martin) and good fellowship.
Striding towards the sunlit uplands!
Progress on lots of fronts this week. Mosaic laying marches on in the Roman building, the Viking bed takes shape, the frames for the mural in the Saxon longhall are […]
In bed with the Vikings
Work is going well on the bed, replicating one found in the Oseberg ship burial in Norway. Mike is trying out the frame, with Kath and Alastair holding their carved […]
Getting plastered!
Another busy week with a final plaster skim being added in the longhall for the mural (Alfred vs the Vikings), which is beginning to be sketched out, based on the […]
Stone the Porch
The stone tile roofing of the porch of the Roman building has finally been completed and looks fabulous. Its made from two different shades of limestone (blue and cream colour) […]
Deck the halls…
For the site tours at the weekend the longhall was cleared out and the ‘Saxon’ furniture was placed inside. Keen followers of the blog may remember that two of the […]
Intense intents work
Despite the searing heat, volunteer work continued as an undercover operation this week, with work on mosaic experiments, timber preparation for a Viking bed, recutting of the large rotary quern […]
Thirsty Viking boat
As winter approached, the Viking trading ship, ‘The Walrus‘, was looking quite dried out after a long summer. A touch of linseed oil worked wonders. Elsewhere the top floor coat […]
Avalon Archaeology 'Hands on Heritage' 