Moel y Gerddi Iron Age house within a fenced enclosure at Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire, UK. An archaeological reconstruction based on excavation.
The Moel y Gerddi house within a ditched & fenced enclosure at Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire, UK. An archaeological reconstruction based on the excavation of a C4th/3rdBC site in Wales. The house is 9m (30ft) in diameter built on a double ring of posts. Firewood is stored under the eaves & woodsmoke is percolating through the thatch. The wattle and daub wall has been partly whitewashed around the east-facing doorway. Front L is a pole lathe used for wood turning.
Size: 4961px × 3602px
Location: Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton, Waterlooville, Hampshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: age, ancient, archaeological, archaeology, attraction, britain, butser, chalton, daub, doorway, downs, educational, enclosure, england, english, entrance, experimental, farm, farming, firewood, gerddi, gravel, hampshire, hill, horndean, house, iron, laboratory, lathe, moel, national, open-air, outdoor, park, pole, post, prehistoric, prehistory, reconstruction, reconstructions, recreate, research, roof, roundhouse, smoke, south, southern, technology, thatch, thatched, uk, visitor, wall, waterlooville, wattle, whitewash, whitewashed, woodsmoke
