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Meet Romans and learn more about their lives and how they shaped Cranborne Chase.

Demos and talks on Roman jewellery and medical instruments.

Learn about Roman writing, book-binding and wax tablets.

"What have the Romans ever done for us?" Learn about life in Britain under the Romans.

Panel on experimental archaeology at the UK Classical Association Conference. The panel will take place in hybrid format on Monday April 11th, 9-11am UK time, and is entitled "Experimenting with the past: experimental archaeology and the prehistoric and classical worlds"; it features the following papers:

New approaches in (studying) the prehistoric past

This event will be a one-off in celebration of the achievements and legacy of one of Britain’s most influential archaeologists, Professor John Coles, who was sadly lost to us in 2020. It will be organised around four themes that were dear to his heart: Heritage Management, Wetland Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology and Rock Art.

___Ancient paints and pigments

''From cave art to roman frescoes.. with a focus on everything painted in between the time periods and especially Iron Age walls and objects''

___Natural Dyeing workshop

“We are meeting in Ancient Technology Centre in Dorset and going full Medieval! Expect clay pots on the fire, smoke, mysterious decocts...
We will use the three most important dyeing plants: madder, weld and woad. We will see how pH and mordants can influence the colours. We will try overdyeing with woad, hunting for a true green.”

Join us for a very special Spring Equinox celebration at the Ancient Technology Centre in Cranborne as we celebrate Ostara.

Of Goddess and Bear; of Fox and of Hare,

Of Badger and den, of egg and of Hen,

The promise of treasure, hid dark-deep within;

Celebrate Father’s Day at the Crannog Centre with some extra special family activities

Join us to celebrate pancake day the prehistoric way!

The Crannog Kitchen will be cooking up a treat for Pancake day, using Iron Age flours and foraged ingredients to create prehistoric pancakes. You can also join in with hands on activities working with wool and clay, and see real 2500 year old objects from the Crannog People in the museum.

Third Time Lucky!