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Tag Archives: Saxon

How to paint a Saxon longhall?

October 13, 2020by richardbrunningswht 2 Comments

Here Kath demonstrates the difference that two thin coats of limewash with yellow ochre pigment makes. It will nicely complement the grey oak timbers of anyone’s longhall. Photo: Michelle Checkley

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Longhall revealed and rumours of Vikings

March 29, 2019by richardbrunningswht

At long last the old education building has been demolished, revealing the Saxon longhall over its entire length. Now there is lots of room for the Viking trading boat and […]

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Medieval, Saxon, Uncategorized, Viking

Fantastic volunteers!

December 13, 2018by richardbrunningswht

Visitors to the reconstruction buildings are rightly amazed about what the volunteers have achieved. This week there were teams mass producing benches for the longhall, carving decorative chairs for the […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized, Villa

Going, going, going,…gone yellow

October 12, 2017by richardbrunningswht

And Lo! it came to pass that the wall of the Saxon longhall turned yellow on the outside, and there was great rejoicing…and cake.

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Saxon, Uncategorized

In and out days

September 29, 2017by richardbrunningswht

The inside of the Roman dining-room has started to get its first additions of render, with the stone fakery continuing into the doorway. The Saxon longhall has almost finished turning […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized, Villa

Stepping out!

July 3, 2017by richardbrunningswht

Not a stairway to heaven but a heavenly stairway, to the mezzanine level in the Saxon longhall. Steve’s insistence on waney edge planks pays off. More wall panels are filled […]

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Medieval, Saxon, Uncategorized

The beginning of the end

June 20, 2017by richardbrunningswht

Its not the end of the wattle and daubing on the Saxon longhall, but it is perhaps the beginning of the end. The gaps are gradually filling in, but somehow […]

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Medieval, Saxon, Uncategorized

Not a (lime) washout

May 23, 2017by richardbrunningswht

Despite a day of heavy rain, work on both buildings continued heroically in the face of frequent assaults by cake, biscuits and millionaire’s shortbread. The interior of the finished wattle […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized

Render unto Caesar

May 12, 2017by richardbrunningswht

The final coat of lime render has been put on the Roman building and the fake stonework scratched in. Limewash to follow. On the Saxon longhall wattle and daubing continues […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized

Longhall revealed!

April 25, 2017by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

At last the scaffolding has come down from around the Saxon longhall (thank you Acron Scaffold). Its form and the windows can finally be seen properly.

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Experimental Archaeology, Saxon, Uncategorized

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