How to lay a mosaic?
First make your tesserae -in our case cubes of local stone and tile that were roughly 13mm square when viewed from above. For our room we made 140,000 of five […]
How to demolish a roundhouse
The time had come to demolish our first roundhouse experiment to pave the way for the Mark II. The Mark I was based on the 2014 excavation evidence from Glastonbury […]
The final tessera
After 3 years and 140,000 tesserae, the Roman mosaic is finally finished. A great achievement by a dedicated and talented group of volunteers who have created a real work of […]
Animal magic
Our mosaic animals have had a make over. Whatley the elephant has had a trunkoplasty and the Lufton fish tank has been revamped. This completes the work on the ante […]
Something fishy going on
Something fishy is going on in the Roman building, as a fish tank has been added in the ante room. The fish (and eel) design copies some from the local […]
Flower power
Work on the Roman mosaic is rapidly reaching its conclusion, with the latest flower design being added to the ante room. The gap next to it is for the installation […]
Laid in jest
The latest part of the mosaic uses a design we have nicknamed the jesters hat(s) for obvious reasons. The mosaic creeps ever nearer its conclusion.
Oseberg, trompe l’oeil and play of the day
Kath’s wonderful carving based on the prow of the Norwegian Oseberg ship has now taken pride of place above the replica bed, that was also based on the example from […]
All washed up
The gable end of the longhall takes a bit of a battering from the prevailing weather, so it was treated to a refresh, with four new coats of limewash. The […]
Turning corners
The pole lathes have been in action, turning bits of ash to make the legs for the Roman couch. The design is based on the legs shown on the tombstone […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 