Bronze Age

Wittle your own walking stick and learn how to steam bend a crooked walking stick.

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This course will be repeated on 28 July. 

During this one-day course, make your own spoon under the guidance of Eoin Donnelly, a third-generation woodsman.

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This course will be repeated August 11. 

Join Léine Medieval Crafters who will show you how to master the basics of some of the Medieval textile skills.

Making clothing in early Medieval times was very labour intensive and required skills that took many years to perfect. The result was high quality, well-made garments that reflected the status of the wearer.

Music-archaeological studies often draw to a large extent on experimental activities, which are more and more reflected in the scientific discourse, as the subject evolves. This symposium acknowledges current trends in the experimental reconstruction and making of ancient musical instruments, and in experimental playing.

Six days of metal working
Five workshops
Four metals
One Master of Metal

The purpose of ISBSA is to bring together all those involved in the study of the form, structure, function, and operational performance of ancient boats. The first symposium examined the methodological problems of studying boat remains. Many of the topics addressed at that initial meeting, such as experimental archaeology and ethnography.