Notes to support class visits to Bishops Wood Centre in Worcestershire for the Saxon Settlers programme. While particularly relevant to Worcestershire and supporting the activities that pupils carry out during their visit to the centre much of this…
AN00773120_001_l. Silver chalice (reconstructed), formed of separate foot, stem and cup, originally riveted together; the bowl is gilded internally. Just below the gilded rim are a number of rivet holes perhaps indicating the former presence of an…
Reconstruction of a Anglo-Saxon sunken hut at Bede's World, nr Jarrow. These were typical of the Germanic timber-constructed buildings, also known as Grubenhäuser. Usually a rectangular pit up to 1m deep, 3x4m in dimension inside, with a posthole…
A reconstruction of a Saxon Hall at Bishops Wood Centre, Crossway Green Worcestershire based on the floor plan of one excavated at West Stow in Suffolk. The hall took 4 years to construct. After several years of educational use the hall burnt down as…