Projects for my Adventures in the Iron Age.

Tengu

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Its the New Year, and in March I will be returning to The Scottish Iron Age and gainful employment.

(I used to be a Lady of Leisure but now I just have fun).

So, making out a list of things I will need to make, adapt or get to take with me.

Its two pages long! Ill start tomorrow.
 
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GNJC

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You'll need a load of sinew, some ironstone (of whatever variety), cordage of various sorts and sizes & as much leather / skins as you can get. Take a camera too, so we can follow... ;)
 
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Pattree

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That’s great - what do you do in connection with the Iron Age? Intrigued.
 

John Fenna

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Currently I do the same kind of thing at Castell Henllys Iron Age fort in West Wales - but I retire at the end of March... Basically I I dress in repro Iron Age kit and demo fire lighting and cordage making, talk about Iron Age society, architecture, warfare, culture and the history of our site - a real Iron Age fort with the round houses etc rebuilt on the footprint of the original roundhouses as found during the 27 year long archaeological dig. I the summer I also ran "Ancestral Skills" sessions - Flint and Steel fire lighting, nettle cordage making, stone tool/ornament making including drilling stone using Bow Drill techniques and a bit of foraging .... AKA "Bushcraft intro" sessions!
They call it work (and they do pay "The Living Wage") - but to me it is just great fun!
We also do a bit of Stone Age and Viking stuff for visiting school groups but I really stick with the Iron Age :)
I recently sold a large part of the "Stone Age" artifacts I have made to the Community Archaeologist for the Pembs Coast National Parc ... but kept back enough to run a pretty good session myself.
I have visited the Crannog Centre in the past and plan to visit again (once retired) and I may even pitch up in full Demetae costume... :)
 

Tengu

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The list is getting longer and longer...

Sinew might be a good idea. Use it for binding, as the artificial wont shrink.
 

Pattree

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I doubt this is news but do you use raw hide - available in quantity from pet shops? Unrolling a little stick chew provides a thong that I can use to bind a split flute while wet and it shrinks tight as it dries
 
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