United Kingdom

Promoting traditional crafts, primitive skills and bushcraft. Journey back in time by visiting our Anglo Saxon woodland farmstead, where you can witness and try your hand at an array of different traditional skills and crafts to understand how our ancestor's lived off the land.

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A Discussion on the Position of Weaving in the Society of Prehistoric Britain

Author(s)

Helen Poulter ^1,2 ✉,

Publication Date

2021-05-26

EXARC Journal Issue 2021/2

There have been several recent experiments on using warp-weighted looms in Demark, Italy and Greece, some in Roman houses (Andersson Strand, 2015; Dimova, 2016). The experiments, in particular those in Denmark and Netherlands, took place in the typical rectangular longhouses used in their respective prehistories, unlike 'Britain's predominant roundhouses...

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Flintknapping Weekend

Date

Saturday, August 12, 2023 - Sunday, August 13, 2023

Organised by

Butser Ancient Farm (UK)

Country

United Kingdom

SEE FLINTKNAPPING IN ACTION!

Demonstration free with your admission!
Normal entrance prices apply.

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Discover one of humanity’s oldest crafts, and see expert knappers turn raw flint into a range of beautiful tools and objects!

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Weapons and Warriors – Father’s Day on the Farm

Date

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Organised by

The Scottish Crannog Centre (UK)

Country

United Kingdom

Normal admission prices - tickets must be booked in advance and will go on sale in June.

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Live History Theatre Event

Date

Friday, June 11, 2021 - Saturday, June 12, 2021

Organised by

The Scottish Crannog Centre (UK)

Country

United Kingdom

Read about our Live History Theatre events on the 11th and 12th of June.

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Midsummer Music

Date

Friday, June 21, 2024

Organised by

The Scottish Crannog Centre (UK)

Country

United Kingdom

Tickets are now available for our biggest evening event of 2024, where music and storytelling come together on the Summer Solstice! We will have live performances from award-winning musicians from across Scotland and beyond.