Eddix the Old Boar, casting pewter bracelets.

For Key Stage 1 and 2, History Unit 6A and Geography Unit 9.

Welcome to First Century Britain. . .

The Roman Invasion has begun: Across the South West, Celtic tribes people     retreat to the safety of their hill-top towns ready to defend themselves from the  advancing Legions.

Against this backdrop meet Eddix, a fugitive Celt and member of the Durotriges tribe. A veteran of many encounters with the Romans, he is seeking recruits to join him in the resistance.

But for the time being at least, the Romans are still occupied to the South and life continues as it has for many generations. . .

Bring the Celtic world to life! A meeting with Eddix ‘The Old Boar’ provides a first hand opportunity to discover the relevance of our heritage in today’s hi-tech world.

In a typical session it will be possible to:

Get painted with ‘Woad’

Handle a selection of replica objects

Decorate and build your own card model of Roundhouse*

Grind wheat to make bread and cook it on the fire

See metal cast into a bracelet

Forage for natural items to dye cloth

Make a clay pot to take home

Write your name in Ogham

Hear the story of 'The Assembly of the Wondrous Head', probably one of the most important stories from the Islands of Britain, but seldom heard today.

All activities are fully risk assessed and firmly curriculum based.

This session is availabe at Wells and Mendip Museum;

The Balch Room at Wells and Mendip Museum contains an impressive collection of Iron Age artefacts discovered from many years of excavation at Wookey Hole caves, as well as the bones of the witch herself! The Museum is a mine of information on the development of local village settlements from prehistory to the present.

And at Ham Hill Country Park, Stoke Sub Hamdon;

When visiting Ham Hill an environmental element can also be provided -  Learn to ‘walk lightly’ on an experiential activity trail – dare you meet a tree blindfolded or create a sound-map? It’s all part of learning to appreciate our world as the Celts did, as well as exploring the hillfort itself.

or in school, as a classroom session.

To conduct this session in school, the only requirement apart from a classroom, is space outside to have a small contained open fire to 'cook' over.

* This activity is not usually available at Ham Hill Country Park.