We started on the rafters yesterday. There will be 36 ash rafters in all. We will be creating ring beams and using a load of hazel rods for the purlins and sways. Come over to see the work develop this week.
Thanks to everyone who called in over the bank holiday weekend - it was great fun!
Over the past weeks we've been building a new roundhouse here. Join us over the next few weeks to see the building develop. Dafydd Wiliam is busy constructing the roundhouse and I'll be around to explain the process to you. You can follow the daily developments on
http://www.theroundhouse.org/dafsdiary.htm
This Saturday and Monday (1st and 3rd of May) you can join me to experience fire lighting and cooking techniques. I wonder how similar these techniques actually are to those used by people during the Iron Age?
Roof plan
Dafydd Wiliam and the team discussing the position of the rafters
We've used scaffolding to assist us here. I wonder how they did this in the Iron Age?
The main rafter poles tied at the apex
Celebrating the new door frame
The new door frame in place
Wattling has been finished
Wattling between the posts
Placing the 52 posts
Roof plan
Dafydd Wiliam and the team discussing the position of the rafters
We've used scaffolding to assist us here. I wonder how they did this in the Iron Age?
The main rafter poles tied at the apex
Celebrating the new door frame
The new door frame in place
Wattling has been finished
Wattling between the posts
Placing the 52 posts
