You can download short guides to all the reconstructions found at Avalon Archaeology below. On your visit, these guides can be borrowed from the Welcome Hut and are available as regular and large print versions in English only.
NOTE: The illustrations in these guides are mainly what you can’t easily see on site and are therefore not representative of what you can see on site now. This is because they have been designed specifically for use on site, although we hope that you might find the contents interesting if you can’t visit us.
Site Guide
Avalon Archaeology Guide
Download the complete guide to the Avalon Archaeology site.
Short Films
Somerset Levels & Moors
Watch our short films about local archaeology and prehistory which play in the Bulleid and Grey Hut and cinema at the site.
Iron Age Roundhouse
Iron Age Roundhouse
Our roundhouse reconstruction is based on evidence from nearby Glastonbury Lake Village that dates to around 150 BC. Discover how roundhouses were originally built, their typical features, what could be found inside them and how long they were expected to last.
The Bulleid and Gray Hut
Used by two local archaeologists during the excavations at Meare Lake Village, it is believed to be the oldest surviving excavation hut in the world. Learn about the discovery of the lake villages and what evidence was recovered
Glastonbury Lake Village and Amédée Forestier
Discover how the archaeological evidence from the excavations of Glastonbury Lake Village inspired artist Amédée Forestier to create some of the first archaeological reconstruction drawings in 1911.
Roman Dining Room
Roman Dining Room
Discover how our Roman dining room was constructed from the foundations to the roof and the materials we used.
Roman Dinner Parties
Find out what it was like to attend a Roman dinner party in our reconstruction of a Somerset villa’s triclinium. Find out how guests would be entertained and what food and drink they were served.
Hypocaust Heating System
Our dining room has a Roman underfloor heating system called a hypocaust. Find out how the furnace and flue system works to provide around-the-clock heating during the winter months.
Fresco Wall Paintings
Find out how we created the Roman-style frescos in our dining room and real examples our replica art is based on.
Mosaic Floor
Saxon Longhall
Saxon Longhall
Woodcarvings
Furniture
King Alfred and the Vikings Mural
The Story of Beowulf and Grendel
The Story of Sigurd and the Dragon
Viking Trading Ship
Viking Trading Ships
