For our November session we were back in the Museum of Somerset after being out and about all summer.\u00a0 Unfortunately we had to cancel our October session at Fyne Court due to Storm Amy but we hope to reschedule that session for next year.<\/p>\n
This month we were visited by Ian and Jas from the National Trust.\u00a0 Ian showed us a PowerPoint about the amazing archaeology on the Bread Down headland near Weston super Mare.\u00a0 He also brought some activity sheets where we had to work out where the people who lived on Brean Down in the Iron Age fished and farmed and built their fort and village.<\/p>\n
Jas had brought along two Virtual Reality headsets and while we were doing the activity sheets we took it in turns to have a go using them which was amazing!<\/p>\n
After a short break we passed around a number of replica artefacts from different time periods and the MAYANS had to work out what they were, when they dated from and whether the people living on Brean Down would have used them.\u00a0 The objects included a Neolithic hand axe, replica Bronze Age axes, an Iron Age torc bracelet, Roman pottery and a Saxon helmet.\u00a0 Ian told us there was evidence that people lived on Brean Down in all these time periods apart from the Saxons.<\/p>\n
The National Trust have very kindly offered to take us on a guided walk at Brean Down next Summer so we can see for ourselves the fascinating archaeology and history of the headland.\u00a0 A big thank you to Ian and Jas for organising such a great session!<\/p>\n\n\t\t