How to Thatch a Roundhouse | Rebuilding the Bronze Age - Part 8 скачать в хорошем качестве

How to Thatch a Roundhouse | Rebuilding the Bronze Age - Part 8

In this episode of our Bronze Age mini-series with Operation Nightingale, the roundhouse roof is pretty much finished! The crowning glory was the completion of the thatching of the roof. The entire team was involved in some way, shape or form in the quite long and involved task of putting the conical roof onto our sturdy oak frame, and then covering it with a few tons of water reed. While it was very much a team effort, special shout-outs have to go to Darren Hammerton, treewright extraordinaire, and Lyle Morgans, Master Thatcher, who helped us get things started on the right foot. Also to John, one of our fantastic Operation Nightingale vet volunteers who took to thatching like a duck to water, and to Barnaby and Sarah, our two semi-resident archaeology students seconded from Bournemouth University for experience and slavery in the cause of experimental archaeology, who have also done sterling work in, on, and around the roof. And no-one will begrudge the biggest ‘for he’s a jolly good fellow’ being sung for Will, Butser’s own Man for all Seasons and all round great guy. Will has wrestled with what has turned out to be a very difficult, at times infuriating (expletives deleted) roof to build and thatch, and has come through scarred but unbeaten. Well done all! ▬ About Us ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Butser Ancient Farm is an open-air experimental archaeology museum and active research centre, learning about the past by recreating it. Our experiments are world-renowned, and our buildings include a Roman villa, Celtic village, Stone Age farm and Saxon halls — all reconstructed from real UK archaeology, and open to be explored! We do everything we can do share our passion for the past, from visitor opening and school groups to filming our experiments for bitesize documentaries. ▬ Support Us ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Thanks to our supporters, we can continue to explore the cutting-edge of experimental archaeology, expand our understanding of the distant past, and pass our passion for archaeology onto the next generation. Visit www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/butserplus to learn more! ▬ Find Us Elsewhere! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► Facebook: / butserancientfarm ► Bluesky: / butserancientfarm.co.uk ► Instagram: / butserancientfarm ► Website: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk #asmr #accidentalasmr #archaeology #experimentalarchaeology #petersfield