The Stone Age Horton House reconstructed at Butser Ancient Farm open-air archeological museum in Hampshire, England, UK
In 2019 the construction of the early Neolithic Horton House was started at the museum, as a replacement to the previous Llandygai house. This house is based on excavations from Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, Berkshire and the house has been built in collaboration with the original excavation team; Wessex Archaeology. As this building showed minimal evidence for internal posts it has been constructed so that the roof rafters are ground fast, in order to provide additional strength to the large structure. Scots Pine, widely available in the Neolithic landscape, has been utilized in the main framework. Ash and Hazel make up the mainstay of the roof timbers over which reed thatch has been laid. Noticeable features of the building are the gable ends, with one representing a typical wattle and daub feature, and the other being made with split oak planks.
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Location: Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton, Hampshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
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