Rebuilding the Bronze Age - The Veterans Story
Follow the volunteers of Operation Nightingale, an initiative to help wounded, injured and sick (WIS) military veterans, as they use archaeology to aid their recovery. Watch as the team grow in camaraderie and skill to develop an experimental turf-walled Bronze Age Roundhouse using traditional skills. Donate to Butser Plus to watch exclusive footage following the project step by step in a series of 12 mini-documentaries.
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Watch Episode One Now
Discover the build of our new Bronze Age Roundhouse from start to finish. A fascinating archaeological experiment based on the Dunch Hill excavations to build the first turf-walled roundhouse based on British Archaeology. Watch the groundbreaking ceremony with special guest Phil Harding above!
“To start with I was both excited and apprehensive about the project – apprehensive because I was fearful of how I would react to it as socialising was a big trigger for my Functional Neurological Disorder effecting my mobility and motor control.
However, I need not have worried, I haven’t been triggered and my confidence has really grown! ...Working through each stage of the project has been brilliant and I still find it hard to believe how much my life has turned around because of it. Not just feeling myself again, gaining more independence and confidence, the camaraderie but what else the project has led onto!
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See the Bronze Age brought to life on selected weekends and half term
Pictures from the celebration - October 2021
With special thanks to our project partners Step Together Volunteering, Operation Nightingale, Breaking Ground Heritage, The South Downs National Park, The Armed Forces Covenant Trust Positive Pathways Fund and above all the wonderful veterans and volunteers who worked on the build.
