Celebrate the season or learn something old with our series of unique events and workshops, each drawing on the natural rhythms and folk traditions honoured by ancient communities.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 7th, 13th, 21st.
A special one-off day of our popular children’s holiday camp - packed with the best activities that the Romans have to offer. Led using knowledgeable reenactors from our experienced team - this promises to be an immersive way to spend the day!
Before the advent of modern tanning agents, humans were turning raw skin into usable leather products using very basic techniques and materials. Learn to produce incredibly soft, strong and durable leather from raw animal skin using one of human kind’s earliest tanning technologies!
Discover Roman living history and combat reenactments with the Butser IX Roman Legion. Find out what life would have been like in Roman Britain as you explore our open air site.
Learn an endangered craft deeply rooted to rural life, from one of the last remaining tutors in the country. Connected to the rhythms of the earth, corn dollies were also known as harvest tokens. A soothing and relaxing activity, this workshop is beginner friendly.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 7th, 13th, 21st.
Learn to make a decorated copper arm cuff in the style of Viking jewellery. On this course, you will use the technique ‘chasing and repoussé’ to make simple patterns on a band of copper, which you will later form into an arm cuff.
Discover life as a Viking! Meet villagers and warriors, see them and their weapons in action.
Gather by the fire for a session of hands-on history - handling artefacts, skins and braiding your own leather tooth necklace! This introduction to the Stone Age rocks!
Discover Iron Age living history with the Raven Tor reenactment group. Find out what life would have been like in Iron Age Britain as you explore our open air site.
Discover the sound of our ancestors and craft an ancient instrument used in performance and ritual by Neolithic, Celtic, Viking, and modern peoples. Running each day this weekend.
Under the expert guidance of a champion hurdle maker and tree-wright, learn the whole process of creating beautiful and practical traditional fencing panels.
Enjoy a hands-on, creative experience, as you discover the art of ancient mosaic making from start to finish. You will be guided through each stage in a relaxed and engaging way by two highly-trained professionals, working with the same traditional materials and tools that were used over 2,000 years ago.
Learn the ancient techniques used to shape flint, and create your very own hafted tool with flint, wood, twine, and pitch.
Join experienced heritage tutor Kat Wootton under an awe-inspiring roundhouse roof to weave your own belt using natural fibres and backstrap looms. Immerse yourself in ancestral crafts as you learn ancient techniques in the atmospheric buildings of our forebears as you are led in this historic and meditative technique.
Under the expert guidance of an award-winning tree-wright, learn to make traditional thatching spars, as used for the roofing of our many reconstructed heritage buildings.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 7th, 13th, 21st.
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