The Viking Building at Cranborne |
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Volunteers, students and staff have embarked on an ambitious project to build a working reconstruction of a Viking longhouse at The Ancient Technology Centre in Dorset. Following in the footsteps of other timber framing projects at the centre, the intention is to complete the build by Christmas 2008. This project seeks to combine financial support from private and public donors with a volunteer and student workforce to produce a unique residential facility for schools and other educational groups. |
November |
Having received confirmation of the required post hole depth from our engineers, the first series of holes are augured by Nick Lawrie. Alternate holes are augured to maintain the integrity of the surrounding chalk. Six posts are put in to test our method for locating them |
 Digging the post holes |
 Digging the post holes |
 A line of holes... |
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 Both side dug |
 Checking the depth |
 Julia burying a bracelet |
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 Board in place ready for the lift |
 Sherborne students help lift post into position |
 Jim takes the important supporting role |
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 Braced and ready |
 No let up in the adzing |
 Adzing |
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 Adzing again |
 and again |
 and again |
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 Adzing |
 Adzing |
 Adzing |
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 Have adze will adze |
 Adzing |
 Adzing |
