The beautiful small things
As well as our large structures we are also adding smaller pieces of furniture and objects. This week we are featuring our latest game board, Alastair’s ‘hare and hounds’ game […]
Tag Archives: King Alfred
Countryfile visit
The BBC Countryfile team were in Somerset the other week and filmed at the site as part of a feature on King Alfred the Great and his struggles with the […]
Dead Ethels appear but none are elf-wise
Another busy week despite the storms, with the roundhouse taking shape. Meanwhile, work continued on the Saxon mural with the peasantry making an appearance in addition to the Dead Ethels. […]
Vikings arriving
WARNING: The images below contain scenes of nudity, arson, violence, demons at work and sheep. The Vikings have begun to appear from the mists of time in the mural in […]
Saxon mural
The mural of Alfred and the Vikings on the longhall wall is coming along nicely too. If you live in Somerset, see if you can find your location on the […]
Striding forwards to sunlit uplands
A great week, begun with a rainy morning collecting coppiced hazel at Ebbor for the roundhouse. Thanks to those who braved the elements and to Phil of Natural England for […]
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 […]
Getting plastered!
Another busy week with a final plaster skim being added in the longhall for the mural (Alfred vs the Vikings), which is beginning to be sketched out, based on the […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 