Viking stools
Fortunately this title refers to the ongoing work making furniture for the longhall and not to anything more unsavoury. To complement the Oseberg inspired bed and accompanying side table, a […]
Category Archives: Viking
Bedroom, boat and borders
The bedroom in the longhall is looking good with its new red ochre stripes and plans are afoot for a few items of Viking furniture to go in the room. […]
Stripey bedroom
As the back room of the Saxon longhall has now been turned into a bedroom by the addition of the Oseberg inspired bed, it was decided to add a bit […]
Horses or dragons?
Some close up pics of the bed inspired by the finds from the Oseberg and Gokstad ship burials in Norway. Are the creatures depicted on the corners at the head […]
Oseberg/Gokstad bed replica
A replica has been made of a bed based on the evidence from the Oseberg and Gokstad ship burials in Norway for the back room in the Saxon longhall. Why […]
Busy, busy, busy
Lots has been going on over the last few weeks, finishing the rammed earth floor in the longhall backroom, making the last joints in the Viking bed, steadily progressing with […]
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 […]
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 […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 