Buster Ancient Farm, in Hampshire
by Angus, 7 June, 2015, 0 comments
It feels as though you've been transported to an ancient bronze-age settlement, with smoke hanging over a series of primitive roundhouses, whereas actually you've probably just turned off the A3 to see if you can find a handy loo and cafe. These buildings at Butser Ancient Farm are part of an archeological experiment to test theories about how structures and processes worked in pre-historical times.
Buster was established in the early 1970s, when a Dr Reynolds observed that archeological excavations were finding storage pits and no one could be sure whether they would have been effective for grain storage. Read more...
