Back to the iron-age!

We live in an area that has a rich history and lots of finds from the iron-age. DH's school is right next to multiple gravemounds. This house is an iron-age house built on the actual site of an iron-age longhouse.

Each year his school has an iron-age day. The pupils invite younger pupils from this area and tell them about the past.

Bread on a stick,

grilled fish,

heating stones

that were put in holes in the ground. One was for baking fish and the other had meat in it. 

Not quite iron-age footwear, but they did get the work done ..

the kiln,

one of the gravemounds near the longhouse

iron-age lawn-mowers,

a glimpse inside the longhouse. Inside, students and teachers and local crafters demonstrated crafts that existed in the iron-age; weaving, felting, making jewellery etc. 
Next year I must get photos of that .. I didn't think the pics would turn out so good, because it was very dark inside. And of course, I am careful about getting pupils on film.


The school has been doing this for about 20 years - and this was the first year it rained. It poured down! But the kids were interested and happy anyway! I enjoyed myself, too.