In and out days
The inside of the Roman dining-room has started to get its first additions of render, with the stone fakery continuing into the doorway. The Saxon longhall has almost finished turning […]
Avalon in Italy
Now we have a UK award we are going international, with 5 film entries in the 28th International Review of Archaeological Cinema in Roverto Italy. They are the only UK […]
Award winning
Yesterday reps from the partner organisations attended the HLF Lottery Award ceremony 2017 and collected the trophy for the Avalon Marshes Landscape Partnership project. The saxon longhall will feature very […]
Illuminating the past
As light relief, 8 volunteers made replica Roman oil lamps at the Brick and Tile Museum with John French. Once they have been fired, they will be used to light […]
Total Victory!
The Avalon Marshes Landscape partnership project achieved total victory over all its rivals to win the National Lottery 2017 Award for best environmental project. Bill Bailey presented the award at […]
Hairy walls
As beards are now back in fashion we are following the trend with hairy walls for the Saxon longhall. A traditional horse hair plaster is being added to the inside […]
A different view
On the last open day, Ian and Megan from ‘cosmicoak’ company took some 360 virtual reality images of the buildings which could be viewed there and then on a phone […]
Feeling at home
The traditional downpour arrived in time for the open day but it did demonstrate how waterproof the buildings are. The long walls of the hall are almost complete and both […]
First residents
The first residents of the Saxon longhall have begun their occupancy and some new residents have been born there. The family of house martins have utilised one of the projecting […]
Dragons, art and turning yellow
Some rather intricate carving work is going on to decorate the interior of the Saxon hall, with a design taken from Saxon stonework from Somerset. The Roman building is turning […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 