Cilted in a Celtic Village

[Derek]

We went to The Welsh Folk Museum of Rural Life yesterday. Took loads of pics but will have to put them up on a seperate thread later in the week ... in the meantime and as a little taster, we found a Celtic Village ... I could quite imagine a settlement of xmarkers there ..







Iechyd Da
Derek

[Thomas H]

Wonderfull pictures , the roofs on the house are very interesting ,wonder how they made them .
Thank you for sharing

[Leoghan]

wow great picts cant wait to see the rest.

[castledangerous]

Wonderfull pictures , the roofs on the house are very interesting ,wonder how they made them .
Thank you for sharing

Thatching

[Lime]

I went there quite a few years ago with one of my university Chumrades; a jolly good day out.

[pugcasso]

Neat pics - There should be (probably are) week-long get-away vactions to live in such places. Cutting wood, cooking, wearing what they wore.

[Jock Scot]

Wonderfull pictures , the roofs on the house are very interesting ,wonder how they made them .
Thank you for sharing

There are plenty of houses with thatched roofs in various parts of the UK. Norfolk reed makes the best thatch and wheat straw a second best. The modern short strawed verieties of wheat and the modern combine harvester destroy the straw for thatching, but old verieties , the binder, stooks, and the threshing machine are still used to get thatching straw. Like kiltmakers who can tell at a glance who made a kilt, thatchers can recognise others work. We once had a thatcher who burst into tears when he saw his grand fathers work, when he came to do a quote for a new roof on a cottage.

[sydnie7]

Very cool. Reminds me of Butser Ancient Farm, which we stumbled upon while driving around near Petersfield.



Their website

And if you squint, you can see their roots in Chysauster Iron Age village in Cornwall. . .




Thanks for all your great photos, Derek. Just give me one good lottery ticket and I'm back for another visit!

[GMan]

You look like it is so natural there.

[unixken]

These shots have an aire of "Hobbiton" about them. I almost expect to see Bilbo roaming around. Very charming place!