Stripey bedroom
As the back room of the Saxon longhall has now been turned into a bedroom by the addition of the Oseberg inspired bed, it was decided to add a bit […]
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Old and new
The newly painted eastern gable end of the Saxon longhall decked out in brilliant iron oxide yellow, set against a clear blue sky, with vapour trails all over it. Arty […]
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 […]
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 […]
Helping hands
A group of Archaeology A level students from Richard Huish college, led by Pam Cottrell, came to lend several hands with the wattle and daubing of the Saxon longhall. All […]
Painted beasts
The carved barge boards over the porches are now up. The one with gripping beasts was painted with limewash with a natural caesin glue and yellow and red ochre pigments. […]
The white stuff
Although the walls are gradually filling up with wattle and daub, things are brightening up in the Saxon hall through the application of several coats of lime wash in the […]
Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
The big wattle and daub job on the Saxon longhall continued this week despite a grevious setback. Sadly the freezing weather wreaked havoc on the last lot of daub before […]
Avalon Archaeology 'Hands on Heritage' 