Avoncroft Museum of Buildings Iron Age Project

Author(s): Peter J. Reynolds

Year: 1972

Summary

The booklet presents three types of houses of the Iron Age in Britain: The Canderton Round house, The Glastonburg Round House, and the Breiddin Round House. It demonstrates issues and advantages of the structures of the different houses. Beside houses, also ditches, palisades, and ramparts are discussed shortly. The experiments done in and around these houses included all domestic and agricultural tasks like weaving and sowing out crops.

Cite this Record

Avoncroft Museum of Buildings Iron Age Project. Peter J. Reynolds. Bromsgrove, Worcestershire: The Avoncroft Museum of Buildings. 1972 ( tDAR id: 420466) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8420466

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

URL: http://butser.org.uk/


Keywords

Material
Building Materials • Fire Cracked Rock • Macrobotanical • Textile • Wood

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Heritage Management

General
archaeological open-air museum • construction of building • Experimental Archaeology

Geographic Keywords
Breiddin • Conderton • England • Glastonbury • NORTHERN IRELAND • Scotland • Wales • Worcestershire

Temporal Keywords
Iron Age • Iron Age Britain

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection Manager

Record Identifiers

ExArc Id(s): 6655

Notes

Rights & Attribution: Christine Shaw contributed a copy of this document to the collection. EXARC thanks her for her dedication for preserving the Butser Ancient Farm Archive.

General Note: More information about the Butser Ancient Farm Archive and this document can be found at Butser.org.uk.

Rights & Attribution: The information in this record was originally compiled by Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC Director.

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