Following the dismantling of the 'Longbridge Deverell House', the replacement is based on the excavations of the roundhouse at Little Woodbury in Wiltshire. Under the leadership of David Freeman, construction started in February 2007 and finished in December, having gone through one of the wettest summers on record. [ citation needed] A visitor centre was added in 2013. [6] Buildings [ edit ] Stone Age houses [ edit ]

To be sure, Buster Ancient Farm is a fascinating, friendly—even homey—visit, but the “ancient farm” doesn’t exist for its visitors. Butser is a working scientific laboratory, where the work of experimental archaeology is going on all around. Ancient crops, old-breed animals, building construction, woodwork, textiles, metal-working and all aspects of daily life 2,000 years ago are put to the test at Butser. It would have taken 60 to 100 acres to have sustained a Celtic farm like this, both arable and woodland,” explains resident archaeologist Steve Dyer. “The farm would be home to some 50 to 60 people—a clan, or extended family.” Lives Remembered: Collin Bowen". Salon. Society of Antiquaries of London. 265. 14 February 2020 . Retrieved 17 March 2021. Claire Walton. Reimagining the Past: experiments in construction at Butser Ancient Farm ¸Current Archaeology issue 377, August 2021 Chalton A1 is being constructed with alternate walls featuring hit-and-miss boarding and a gable end roof.

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More than 10,000 schoolchildren a year come to Butser for visits to their really old past. There are several areas for hands-on instruction in archaeology, including a forest of tree stumps and rough wooden mallets, for breaking white chalk into fine powder for whitewash. Kids really get into smashing that soft limestone. Chains: These prevent the chained object from moving. The chained object must be matched or use a bonus item to remove the chain. Double chained items must have each chain removed separately. In 2021 Butser Ancient Farm launched a platform of documentaries about their experimental archaeology projects called Butser Plus. [14] See also [ edit ] Their logo reads, “meat for the connoisseur”, and they have plenty of it. They specialise in meat from traditional breeds, which are reared on the farm as naturally as possible to give the very best flavour. This includes lamb and mutton from Hebridean and Southdown sheep; beef from Sussex and Longhorn cattle; pork from traditional English breeds of pigs; and turkey from slow-grown, home-reared turkeys. In more recent years, the study of buildings has become a key component of the farm’s research. Each building on display to the public today represents the conclusion of an experiment, conducted in response to theoretical hypotheses about archaeological features found in excavation, about construction methods and techniques, or a combination of these.

Adsdean Farm has been selling its own beef and pork direct to its customers since Dennis Hoare opened the shop in 1970 at the height of the freezer boom. Now Dennis is 92 his son Tim has taken over. The shop has three butchers: Paul Leaming and Trevor Jones, who share a 40 year history with the shop, with newcomer Rob Hyde. As well as lamb from a neighbouring farm the shop sells its own cooked ham, pastrami, salt beef and ox tongue, and offers unusual cuts. Home-made sausages, bacon and gammon are popular, with cheese, ice cream, and Springs’ Smoked Salmon also available. Open 9am to 5pm Wed to Fri, 9am to 4pm Sat. While the first buildings to be experimentally constructed at the farm were based on evidence from the Late Iron Age, the research remit of the farm has expanded to include structures from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age (currently under construction), the Iron Age, the Roman and early medieval periods. [7] Film and television [ edit ]

Get hands-on and learn some ancient skills from everyday life in the past – available for free every open day! Discover how to turn sheep’s fleece into wool, learn to make prehistoric rope from plants, get arty and carve ancient designs into chalk, create beads and ornaments from clay, and much more. Suitable for all ages – get the whole family involved! Butser takes a little getting used to. After all, if you walked into a Celtic roundhouse or a Romano-British villa of AD 200 anywhere else, it would be generally safe to conclude you were at a museum or a tourist attraction of some sort. Butser is different. There are two houses based on excavations from nearby Chalton Saxon Village. [7] Chalton A2 was constructed in 2017 and the house is primarily made of English oak, sweet chestnut and hazel, all sourced from local coppiced woodlands. The roof is panelled wattle hurdles into which the wheat straw thatch was laid using hazel spars to hold it in place. The timber beams were hand hewn and the posts earth fastened into the ground. No nails or screws were used apart from in the Har-hung doors, and the beams are fixed using dovetail joints secured with trunnels.

If that weren’t enough there is also a range of cards, gifts and plants, with Christmas trees available in December, plus a coffee shop serving breakfasts, lunches and afternoon tea, a farm trail and children’s play area.

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The Butser Project: Building a Neolithic House | Our Work | Wessex Archaeology". www.wessexarch.co.uk . Retrieved 3 June 2021. As they put it, “if you value quality, traceability and authenticity you can do no better!” and it certainly is a charming place to visit. From woodland-reared pork and home-cured smoked meats to “the best free range organic bronze turkeys you will ever taste”, everything is made to exacting standards on their own farm. The premise is simple. Archaeological excavations yield artifacts of Britain’s Celtic and Roman past. And archaeologists come to conclusions about life 2,000 years ago on the basis of their discoveries. Here at Butser Ancient Farm, they take the findings of archaeology one step further, and put the suggested hypotheses to the test. Don’t just read about history – experience it for yourself! Discover the closest thing we have to time travel and explore ancient buildings to see how normal people lived. Get curious: touch the thatch, try out the tools, smell the woodsmoke and more for a fully-immersive experience! Which house would you choose to live in?

Get the whole family excited and involved with plenty of activities to interest everyone! Whatever your age and interests, there’s something here for you. Whether you want to have an epic adventure with hands-on activities, a children’s trail, and reenactor battles, or sit and relax by the fireside in a roundhouse and meet endangered goats, there’s plenty for you at Butser. Butser Ancient Farm Bronze Age house built by military veterans". BBC News. 10 October 2021 . Retrieved 18 October 2021. The name Eggs to Apples comes from the Latin phrase Ab ovo usque ad mala, literally translated as “from egg to apples”, meaning from the start of the meal to the end. Eggs to Apples offers the feel of an outdoor market in a beautiful and environmentally focused indoor space. As Susannah Hewett, one of the shop’s owners puts it, “Eggs to Apples is the farm shop come of age. This is about the full basket shop and allowing our customers to buy everything they need to cook and eat fantastic food using high quality, affordable and where possible locally-sourced produce from within Kent and Sussex.” March 27th: Trevor Creighton: Paper ' Strategies to Document, Record and Store Key Information', at Documentation Strategies in (Archaeological) Open-Air Museums.EXARC/Museumsdorf Düppel, Germany. Two houses are based on excavations from Danebury Iron Age Hillfort near Andover. These include CS14, a stake built construction with willow woven between the hazel wall stakes. The second Danebury house is CS1, constructed with oak plank walls in line with the evidence of a slot trench discovered in the excavations. This house is furnished with Iron Age style furnishings.The largest of these is the Little Woodbury roundhouse with a diameter of 14.5m (48ft) and a 2 ring posthole construction. Estimated material quantities to build this house include 12t (12 long tons; 13 short tons) of oak for the frame and posts, 4t (3.9 long tons; 4.4 short tons) of Ash and Elder for the rafters, 7t (6.9 long tons; 7.7 short tons) of thatch, 1.5t (1.5 long tons; 1.7 short tons) of hazel for the wattle walls and 20t (20 long tons; 22 short tons) of daub. Other considerations in experimental work on buildings can include variables such as the shape and pitch of roofing, thatching materials and techniques and the use of construction materials including wattle and daub, planking, turf and clunch. March 31st.Trevor Creighton: Paper: Butser Ancient Farm: Bronze Age Roundhouse Collaborative Project 2021 . EAC12. 12thEXARC Experimental Archaeology Conference.