Painted roundhouse
We have had another day of making paint using milk curds (with a touch of lime) as the binding agent and earth colours for the pigment (ochres and chalk). As […]
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Roundhouse thatching
After a long break we can begin thatching the roundhouse roof again. This winter has been so wet that our friends at the RSPB Ham Wall nature reserve have been […]
Roundhouse renewal
Work has started on the renewal of the roundhouse after the destruction of the partly built mark1 version in the winter storms. The use of relatively small willow posts for […]
Now you see it, now you don’t
There once was a partly built replica Iron Age roundhouse. Then there was a storm, or two, and the roundhouse vanished, leaving just a doorway to nowhere (which is also […]
Roundhouse remodelled
After the Christmas break some changes were made to the roundhouse design, including a new doorway structure. The previous wattling was whipped off and a new version erected. We are […]
Roundhouse begins – day 1
A week earlier than planned, work has begun on the replica of roundhouse 74 from Glastonbury Lake Village. The recent excavations showed that the wall posts only averaged 38mm in […]
Coppicing for roundhouse
A big effort from the volunteers, with fabulous help from Natural England, produced a huge load of coppiced hazel from the beautiful Ebbor Gorge NNR for the new Iron Age […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 