Roman child labour
The wonderful and talented MAYAN young archaeologists have been on the site again, learning woodcarving and mosaic laying skills. Having earlier proved that children can make mosaic tesserae using a […]
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We’re open this Sunday!
At long last, seven years of dedicated effort by the hands on heritage volunteers (aka Axe Club) has brought us to the day when we can finally let the public […]
Ready for the public
The site has been made to look pretty for the first week of public tours. Steve’s palisade gate featured on the Gate Appreciation Society facebook page, the back room of […]
Cold comfort firm
Despite the freezing fog we had another busy week with flooring repairs, palisade stakes going on the main gate, beastly leg carving (refering to the subject matter not the quality), […]
Battling autumn
The annual battle with autumn kicked off last week with the clearance of leaves from the Walrus (our replica of the Skuldelev 3 Viking cargo ship). Elsewhere the roof of […]
Stand back to admire
Work continues on the mosaic floor in the Roman building, with added details inside the guilloche border based on the mosaic from Bratton Seymour (now also recreated in the dining […]
Busy, busy, busy
Lots has been going on over the last few weeks, finishing the rammed earth floor in the longhall backroom, making the last joints in the Viking bed, steadily progressing with […]
Smartening up
Stage 2 of the site tidying work has transformed the weedy mess at the back of the Bulleid andGray hut into a neat storage area, fit for Steve and Nic’s […]
Discoveries
Hard work is being done to tidy up the site ready for opening in the summer. This week Steve and Nic did sterling work clearing the brambles and scrub that […]
Turning a corner
As Christmas hurtles towards us it feels like we are turning a corner. In fact we have turned several as you can see in the mosaic image below. The stone […]
Avalon Archaeology 'Hands on Heritage' 