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ancient technology centre Craft courses and workshops 2026
Our Mission
At the Ancient Technology Centre we work hard to provide a range of heritage craft courses from a number of skilled tutors.
Our 2024 season included Medieval Illuminations, willow basketry, Prehistoric pottery, Celtic woodcarving, Bronze Age basketry, Stone-Age Amber jewellery, Roman Knife Making, Viking Deer Butchery, Sprang and Cooking Like A Viking.
Our 2025 season includes our regular heritage crafters and some extra-special whole-weekend crafting events.
courses weekend 11th & 12th April 2026 -
Vanessa Bunton - PUKU B - Experimental Archaeologist and educational outreach
Vanessa Bunton - PUKU B - Experimental Archaeologist and educational outreach
Vanessa Bunton - PUKU B - Experimental Archaeologist and educational outreach
Alistair Butcher -ABForgeworks
Vanessa Bunton - PUKU B - Experimental Archaeologist and educational outreach
Vanessa Bunton - PUKU B - Experimental Archaeologist and educational outreach
Rupert Loch of Feral Science- Ancient Hunting Techniques
Vanessa Bunton - PUKU B - Experimental Archaeologist and educational outreach
Bill Crumbleholme - Specialist Potter and Ancient Wessex Living Historian
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th April 2026
Morning or afternoon workshop slot
exploring ancestral hunting equipment and techniques
accompanied children aged 8 plus welcome.
AND
accompanied children aged 8 plus welcome
Click each workshop titles to find out more
Bill Crumbleholme - Specialist Potter and Ancient Wessex Living Historian
Sarah Day AKA Memma the Cavewoman
Bill Crumbleholme - Specialist Potter and Ancient Wessex Living Historian
Morning or afternoon workshop slot
Click here to send an email to enquire and book online.
Meet Bill at our Open Weekend 28th & 29th March 2026 and book a place.
Ciaran MacCuddithe
Sarah Day AKA Memma the Cavewoman
Sarah Day AKA Memma the Cavewoman
Morning or afternoon workshop slot.
Pewter casting using the prehistoric technique of using cuttlefish bone.
Click here to send an email to enquire about this course and book online.
Meet Ciaran at our Open Weekend 28th & 29th March 2026 and book a place.
Sarah Day AKA Memma the Cavewoman
Sarah Day AKA Memma the Cavewoman
Sarah Day AKA Memma the Cavewoman
Spring foraging - wild edibles and seasonal plants. Click here for more details.
Accompanied ages 8 upwards welcome
Flintknapping an arrowhead. Click here for more details
Accompanied ages 8 upwards welcome
Red Squirrel Ancestral Crafts Luke Kael Atterton
Red Squirrel Ancestral Crafts Luke Kael Atterton
Red Squirrel Ancestral Crafts Luke Kael Atterton
Saturday 11th April & Sunday 12th April 2026
Bone tools! Craft like our ancestors did
Meet Luke at our Open Weekend 28th & 29th April 2026 and book a course place!
Accompanied ages 8 upwards welcome
Click here to email him for more details and online booking.
Other courses at the ancient technology centre 2026
Craig Brooks and Hamish Lamley
Castle Hill Heritage Skills CIC
Castle Hill Heritage Skills CIC
Castle Hill Heritage Skills CIC
Castle Hill Heritage Skills CIC
Castle Hill Heritage Skills CIC
In 2026 we're celebrating!
40 year of the Ancient Technology Centre
and we couldn't have done it without you!
Thousands of visiting school pupils, public open days, heritage craft experts, TV and film companies, our partner storytellers, solstice celebrations and musicians, experimental archaeologists from Universities and our wonderful volunteers, some of whom have seen all our buildings from the start.
We would love to hear your experiences of being at the Ancient Technology Centre, click below to find out more.