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Building a Bronze Age Board walk…

May 17, 2013by avalonmarshes

Wednesday the 15th of May saw the first Hands on Heritage Volunteer day at Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve. With our brand new set of tools in hand, we set […]

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Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory, Trackway

In the footsteps of the Neolithic…

May 9, 2013by avalonmarshes 1 Comment

Last week we stepped back in time to about 3806BC to reconstruct a section of the famous Neolithic trackway, the Sweet Track. This ancient 2km wooden walkway traversed the waterlogged […]

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Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory, Trackway

In search of timber…

May 9, 2013by avalonmarshes

In order to get started on one of the prehistoric dugout canoes we needed some wood. In fact, we needed a very large bit of wood. The word was spread […]

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Canoe, Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory

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