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It was also in 2006 that the 'Longbridge Deverell House' started to collapse, and prompted a programme of redevelopment of the constructions across the farm. A major re-assessment of the techniques of building was undertaken. It was decided to use the opportunity to examine the accumulated information of a further 20 years of excavation evidence. [ citation needed] The Doctor Who serial " The Mysterious Planet" was filmed at the farm. An episode of the 2005 BBC Television documentary series What the Ancients Did for Us examining the ideas and inventions of the Ancient Britons was filmed here. [ citation needed] Claire Walton. Reimagining the Past: experiments in construction at Butser Ancient Farm ¸Current Archaeology issue 377, August 2021 It would have taken 60 to 100 acres to have sustained a Celtic farm like this, both arable and woodland,” explains resident archaeologist Steve Dyer. “The farm would be home to some 50 to 60 people—a clan, or extended family.” Lives Remembered: Collin Bowen". Salon. Society of Antiquaries of London. 265. 14 February 2020 . Retrieved 17 March 2021.

In 2021 Butser Ancient Farm launched a platform of documentaries about their experimental archaeology projects called Butser Plus. [14] See also [ edit ] This newly-opened shop is a member of the Guild of Fine Foods. They will focus on fresh, local and seasonal food based on the key principles of quality, traceability and affordability, while at the same time keeping up with global food trends. Opened in 2001, Sharnfold Farm Shop has built a loyal customer base, who nominated it as the Sussex Food Shop of the Year at the 2016 Sussex Food and Drink Awards.March 31st.Trevor Creighton: Paper: Butser Ancient Farm: Bronze Age Roundhouse Collaborative Project 2021 . EAC12. 12thEXARC Experimental Archaeology Conference. It is early days yet on the Roman project. A sign in the villa reminds visitors that “This villa is by no means finished; as with any new home the walls are still drying out, there is some remedial work to do and the floors still to lay.” Then they will begin a fundraising project to furnish the villa and build a courtyard garden. May 10th: Trevor Creighton and Claire Walton, '( Re)constructing the Stone Age: Building a Neolithic house', at Experiencing Experimental Archaeology Conference, Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory, Lorsch Germany. At the center of the farm, the Great Roundhouse is based on an excavation made at Little Woodbury, near Salisbury, Wiltshire. There have been several great roundhouses at Butser, as over the years fresh discoveries are being made about their construction and maintenance. The Little Wood bury roundhouse was just completed last year. With a diameter of 49 feet, it encloses more than 1,700 square feet of floor space and supports a roof weighing more than 25 tons. Those Celts were no flimsy builders; such great houses were built to last 200 years.

Two houses are based on excavations from Danebury Iron Age Hillfort near Andover. These include CS14, a stake built construction with willow woven between the hazel wall stakes. The second Danebury house is CS1, constructed with oak plank walls in line with the evidence of a slot trench discovered in the excavations. This house is furnished with Iron Age style furnishings.The butchery is run by Graham Smith, formally of High Street Fletching, who continues to prepare top quality meat, including the locally renowned Fletching Banger. As well as selling meat in the shop, they also supply the award-winning Griffin Inn in Fletching, The Hurstwood in High Hurstwood and the Lamb at Piltdown. Their logo reads, “meat for the connoisseur”, and they have plenty of it. They specialise in meat from traditional breeds, which are reared on the farm as naturally as possible to give the very best flavour. This includes lamb and mutton from Hebridean and Southdown sheep; beef from Sussex and Longhorn cattle; pork from traditional English breeds of pigs; and turkey from slow-grown, home-reared turkeys. The café makes pies, quiches, soups, ready-to-eat meals, cakes and the ever-popular cheese scones to eat in or take away. The aim at Denniker Farm Shop is to provide top quality, individually sourced meat and other products from local suppliers wherever possible, including on the farm itself, where they produce as much free range pork and lamb as they can.