Highways to the Past
Roundhouses: Reconstructing the past
Once again we've hit the road, this time travelling all the way to Butser Ancient Farm. We've talked about the huge roundhouses discovered on our National Highways A428 Black Cat digs before, but in this episode we wanted to talk to the people who try to reconstruct them - Experimental Archaeologists. How were roundhouses built? What were they like to live in? And most mysteriously - why were they round?
Once again we've hit the road, this time travelling all the way to Butser Ancient Farm. We've talked about the huge roundhouses discovered on our National Highways A428 Black Cat digs before, but in this episode we wanted to talk to the people who try to reconstruct them - Experimental Archaeologists. How were roundhouses built? What were they like to live in? And most mysteriously - why were they round?