So today i went back to the Iron Age.

Blackstar · 13-10-2007, 21:06

The Scottish Crannog Centre in Perthshire is an experimental archaeology site. The crannog that it is modelled on is the Oakbank Crannog round the point from the one made.

(Also an example of just how gorgeous Scotland is)

Inside the crannog was amazing, although it smelled really badly of damp wool and rotting vegetation from the bracken floor. The building took 3 years mainly due to the experimental nature of the site, finding the material and working out how it all went together. Also there is continuing repairs to the stucture as found on the main site.
Here are some of the Alder wood piles preserved by the peaty loch water of Loch Tay

Basically i've had a great day, watching reconstuctions of firemaking

Grain grinding

But i'll stop blinding you all with pictures, if anyone is interested there are more pictures http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ip%20Oct%2007/

Feel free to ask me things, can't promise to know the answer but i'll try.

Stan_Lite · 13-10-2007, 21:12

Photobucket wants a password

I love stuff like that - I'd love to go and see that sometime.

Feek · 13-10-2007, 21:13

That's fantastic!

Blackstar · 13-10-2007, 21:16

ah hold on i'll sort it

Blackstar · 13-10-2007, 21:18

Guest password is paulac

Stan_Lite · 13-10-2007, 21:23

Thank you

That's so cool.

Fayshun · 13-10-2007, 21:38

Bronze Age > Iron Age

http://www.flagfen.com/

Although I've not been there ^^ for a few years. I want to take Josh there but he's a bit young yet.

Blackstar · 13-10-2007, 21:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fayshun

Bronze Age > Iron Age

http://www.flagfen.com/

Although I've not been there ^^ for a few years. I want to take Josh there but he's a bit young yet.

Actually the iron age is far superior in a lot of ways but cool site anyway.

Feek · 13-10-2007, 21:53

Were you ever able to see the series "Living in the past" where they put a group of people into an Iron age environment and they lived like it for a year?

It was a long time ago but may have been a) repeated or b) made available to you digging type people.

It was fascinating, I remember it well.

Blackstar · 13-10-2007, 21:59

Yeah i remember it, we were talking about it today actually. Mainly whilst we were watching Grant work the lathe, talking about how much slower the pace of life was back then when things could take days to do.

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Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	So today i went back to the Iron Age. The Scottish Crannog Centre in Perthshire is an experimental archaeology site. The crannog that it is modelled on is the Oakbank Crannog round the point from the one made. (Also an example of just how gorgeous Scotland is) Inside the crannog was amazing, although it smelled really badly of damp wool and rotting vegetation from the bracken floor. The building took 3 years mainly due to the experimental nature of the site, finding the material and working out how it all went together. Also there is continuing repairs to the stucture as found on the main site. Here are some of the Alder wood piles preserved by the peaty loch water of Loch Tay Basically i've had a great day, watching reconstuctions of firemaking Grain grinding But i'll stop blinding you all with pictures, if anyone is interested there are more pictures http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ip%20Oct%2007/ Feel free to ask me things, can't promise to know the answer but i'll try. __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen

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Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	Photobucket wants a password I love stuff like that - I'd love to go and see that sometime. __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

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Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	Thank you That's so cool. __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

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Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	Bronze Age > Iron Age http://www.flagfen.com/ Although I've not been there ^^ for a few years. I want to take Josh there but he's a bit young yet. __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

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Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Were you ever able to see the series "Living in the past" where they put a group of people into an Iron age environment and they lived like it for a year? It was a long time ago but may have been a) repeated or b) made available to you digging type people. It was fascinating, I remember it well. __________________

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Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	Yeah i remember it, we were talking about it today actually. Mainly whilst we were watching Grant work the lathe, talking about how much slower the pace of life was back then when things could take days to do. __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen