Ancient Technology Centre

Ever wondered how our ancestors built or made things? History@Work Weekends showcase the inner workings of Experimental Archaeology.
Imagine a place where the sound of ancient tools still ring, where ancient skills and processes are not forgotten. Bring your family to a unique day out in Dorset. These weekends offer you the chance to see our volunteers and staff demonstrating their individual skills and expertise in a wide range of crafts and activities that genuinely c...ontribute to the construction and maintenance of the Ancient Technology Centre site.
The days are informal and allow you to ask those detailed questions that you have always wanted to ask, to see authentic tools and methods at work and to enjoy behind the scenes detailed tours of our fabulous structures by those who built them. This is a great chance to understand the complex issues and processes that turn a small piece of evidence from the ground into something tangible.
We have lots of tasks to complete around the site and would love you to visit us and see how we maintain the site using techniques and tools used by our ancestors for thousands of years... Amongst other jobs we will be: Building hazel fences Preparing skins for the Stone Age bender building Making cob bricks Decorating the Iron Age Roundhouse Our wonderful volunteers will be on-hand to demonstrate various techniques and answer questions. There will be an opportunity to get involved in some of the tasks, explore the buildings on site and of course purchase the delightful homemade cakes!
Tickets are available on the gate: Adults: £5.00 | Children: £2.50 | Under 4's Free of charge
Please be aware that dogs or smoking are not permitted onsite
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We have our History at Work weekend on the 27th & 28th October 2018. We have lots of tasks to complete around the site and would love you to visit us and see how we maintain the site using techniques and tools used by our ancestors for thousands of years... Amongst other jobs we will be: Building hazel fences Preparing skins for the Stone Age bender building Making cob bricks Decorating the Iron Age Roundhouse
... Our wonderful volunteers will be on-hand to demonstrate various techniques and answer questions. There will be an opportunity to get involved in some of the tasks, explore the buildings on site and of course purchase the delightful homemade cakes!
Tickets are available on the gate: Adults: £5.00 | Children: £2.50 | Under 4's Free of charge
Please be aware that dogs or smoking are not permitted onsite.
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Last Saturday the volunteers enjoyed a brilliant spoon carving training session. Everyone's axe and knife skills improved - and all left with a fantastic spoon (or something that looked atleast vaguely spoon shaped!).

Despite the damp weather, Apple Day will be going ahead! We will try to base activites under cover, but much will still be going on outside so please bring wet weather gear!!!

The ATC volunteers have been hard at work this morning, collecting apples from Cranborne Manor Garden in preparation for Apple Day... come along to the centre on Sunday 23rd September and help us turn them into delicious juice using the Roman fruit press!

Don,t forget to save your apples for our upcoming Apple Day, we have music, food, traditional crafts and local produce

Don’t forget to book your tickets for the next Jaminaround on the 15th September 2018...

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APPLE DAY... Our harvest themed day using skills and techniques from the past Get hands-on with the harvest and enjoy the bounty of Nature…
See the Roman fruit press in action - bring along your apples and turn them into juice!
... Have a go at threshing wheat and turning it into flour
We will have music, traditional crafts and local produce
Sunday 10am - 4pm Prices: Adults £5, Children £2.50, Under 4's free - Tickets available on the gate on the day. Please note: Dogs and smoking is not permitted onsite.
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Caroline Nicolay, from Pario Gallico - Historical Food catering and displays- will run two historical cookery days at the Ancient Technology Centre this autumn! Iron Age cookery workshop : Saturday 1st September 2018 Saxon & Viking cookery workshop : Sunday 2nd September 2018
Program: ... ''We will be cooking over a fire a 2-3 courses meal which participants will be able to eat (or takeaway) using ingredients, utensils (cauldron, replica pots, knives, etc) and techniques relevant to the era around which each workshop is centered. We should also have time left to have a go at various secondary techniques: lighting a fire, doing the washing up the historical way… or any special requests!'' This also is a great opportunity to discover or rediscover the Ancient Technology Centre in a very personal way, far from the crowds... and a chance to sleep in a Viking longhouse!
Details: 10:30 to 15:30 (3:30pm) each day. Possibility to sleep in the Viking longhouse on the Friday and/or Saturday night for an additional £15 (bedding not provided). Historical meal (lunch) and tea/coffee/biscuits included, breakfast and dinner are not provided (possibility to cook on modern stoves, over the fire ... or to discover the local pubs!) Modern kitchen, toilets, free parking and wifi available on site all day.
Restrictions: Adults only (over 20 years old) Unfortunately no dogs are allowed on site.
Prices: Workshops = £65 / person / day Night in the Viking longhouse = £15 / person / night
Bookings and questions: If you are interested in booking a space on one or both workshops, please contact Pario Gallico directly via email, their website, their facebook page or phone. You will then be sent a booking form to fill in to validate your booking. This will give you more detailed information about safety, what to wear, dietary requirements, cancellations, payments, etc. The full price of the workshop + night(s) on site needs to be paid when booking to validate your reservation.
Email: pario.gallico@gmail.com Website: www.pariogallico.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pariogallico/
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Caroline Nicolay, from Pario Gallico - Historical Food catering and displays- will run two historical cookery days at the Ancient Technology Centre this autumn!
Iron Age cookery workshop : Saturday 1st September 2018 Saxon & Viking cookery workshop : Sunday 2nd September 2018 Program: ... ''We will be cooking over a fire a 2-3 courses meal which participants will be able to eat (or takeaway) using ingredients, utensils (cauldron, replica pots, knives, etc) and techniques relevant to the era around which each workshop is centered. We should also have time left to have a go at various secondary techniques: lighting a fire, doing the washing up the historical way… or any special requests!''
This also is a great opportunity to discover or rediscover the Ancient Technology Centre in a very personal way, far from the crowds... and a chance to sleep in a Viking longhouse!
Details: 10:30 to 15:30 (3:30pm) each day. Possibility to sleep in the Viking longhouse on the Friday and/or Saturday night for an additional £15 (bedding not provided).
Historical meal (lunch) and tea/coffee/biscuits included, breakfast and dinner are not provided (possibility to cook on modern stoves, over the fire ... or to discover the local pubs!) Modern kitchen, toilets, free parking and wifi available on site all day.
Restrictions: Adults only (over 20 years old) Unfortunately no dogs are allowed on site.
Prices: Workshops = £65 / person / day Night in the Viking longhouse = £15 / person / night
Bookings and questions: If you are interested in booking a space on one or both workshops, please contact Pario Gallico directly via email, their website, their facebook page or phone. You will then be sent a booking form to fill in to validate your booking. This will give you more detailed information about safety, what to wear, dietary requirements, cancellations, payments, etc.
The full price of the workshop + night(s) on site needs to be paid when booking to validate your reservation. Email: pario.gallico@gmail.com Website: www.pariogallico.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pariogallico/
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