Join storyteller Bernadette Russell around the fire for stories, poems and incantations about the little people.
Join us for a unique Summer Solstice experience where we will gather around the fire in our Iron Age roundhouse to hear stories and bathe in the sound of gongs.
Learn the most ancient skill there is: how to prepare an animal for the table. Skin, butcher, and cook a deer using traditional tools, techniques, and recipes.
A unique chance to explore the origins of British language with linguist and Medievalist Harriet Earis.
Experience the magic of live music with an evening of Celtic harp in the incredible setting of Butser’s Little Woodbury Iron Age roundhouse, with internationally-renowned harpist Harriet Earis.
Learn to cook some of England’s oldest recipes like sweet Saxon bread, nettle and wild garlic soup, and meadowsweet mead, and feast in an authentic Saxon hall! Veggie and vegan-friendly options included.
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Immerse yourself in the ancient sounds of Seventh Wave, two international musicians bringing their shimmering songs to our Great Roundhouse on a summer evening.
To celebrate the unveiling of Butser’s Wyke Down House, join storyteller Jon Norman-Mason for a foray into the beliefs and myths of the past!
To celebrate the unveiling of Butser’s Wyke Down House, join storyteller Jon Norman-Mason for a foray into the beliefs and myths of the past!
Join incredible storyteller Jason Buck around the fire this summer for a myriad of adventure-filled stories following heroes and villains, loves, losses, dooms and triumphs!
Join us to celebrate the ancient Celtic Festival of Lammas or Lughnasadh, a celebration of the summer and the gathering of the first harvest. Music, storytelling and crafting will take place to celebrate the abundance of the earth and a successful harvest.
Immerse yourself in a carefully curated myriad of myths and folktales about the mother goddess energetically retold by master storyteller, the Travelling Talesman, in our great roundhouse this summer!
Discover ancient music and have a go with historic instruments! Explore a wide array of instruments from the early Neolithic era to the Middle Ages with merry band of musicians Here Be Flagons.
Learn the most ancient skill there is: how to prepare an animal for the table. Skin, butcher, and cook a deer using traditional tools, techniques, and recipes.
Discover the sound of our ancestors and craft an ancient instrument used in performance and ritual by Neolithic, Celtic, Viking, and modern peoples. Running each day this weekend.
Learn to cook some of England’s oldest recipes like sweet Saxon bread, nettle and wild garlic soup, and meadowsweet mead, and feast in an authentic Saxon hall! Veggie and vegan-friendly options included.
Unveil the history of hags, witches and wild women through enthralling myths by the glowing hearth of our Iron Age roundhouse. In this unique performance, spellbinding storytellers Dawn Nelson and Jason Buck will team up to take you back in time through magical tales.
Unveil the history of hags, witches and wild women through enthralling myths by the glowing hearth of our Iron Age roundhouse. In this unique performance, spellbinding storytellers Dawn Nelson and Jason Buck will team up to take you back in time through magical tales.
Discover the sound of our ancestors and craft an ancient instrument used in performance and ritual by Neolithic, Celtic, Viking, and modern peoples. Running each day this weekend.
Ahoy there! You are invited to board the Sailorette and join the plentiful crew, 'The Old Time Sailors', for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing!
Join us for a unique overnight storytelling and music experience in our beautiful Iron Age roundhouse. Explore the profound wealth of Celtic stories as doorways to your inner worlds.
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Join award-winning storyteller Jason Buck around the crackling fire in Butser’s Great Roundhouse as he brings seasonal tales to life. Hear fantastic stories and gaze at the crackling fire, while visiting a truly unique setting.
Gather in the Great Roundhouse as we mark the shortest day of the year with an afternoon of storytelling and meditation. Jonathon Huet will recite the ancient stories of the Celtic traditions with gentle drumming, poetry and prose.
Join us in the great roundhouse for a festive fireside evening of Winter storytelling with Red Phoenix, a magical and enthralling storyteller. After the storytelling we will have a cheeky visit from The Prize Old Mummers.
Join us in the great roundhouse for a festive fireside afternoon of Winter storytelling with Red Phoenix, a magical and enthralling storyteller. The perfect way to start your festive season together!
Join storyteller Bernadette Russell around the fire, where you will hear ancient folk tales of great and perilous adventures, ancestors and ghosts, and fairytales full of ice palaces, wolves, snow, long shadows and the pale moon.
Looking for an unforgettable way to celebrate Halloween this year? When the veil between this world and the next is thin and the spirits of the past awaken, dive into the mystical and macabre at Butser Ancient Farm.
Join us to celebrate Samhain with an evening of storytelling and crafting in the atmospheric surroundings of the Great Roundhouse at Butser Ancient Farm.
Create your own wooden work of art! Learn the fundamentals of woodcarving using traditional tools and techniques in this relaxed, beginners-focused day course, and see your design take shape in wood.
Make pottery in the style of prehistory! Discover the history of this truly ancient craft, and learn the techniques used by prehistoric potters to make your own clay pot.
Discover the sound of our ancestors and craft an ancient instrument used in performance and ritual by Neolithic, Celtic, Viking, and modern peoples.
After the death of his wife, Allan Brown spends seven years turning locally-foraged stinging nettles into a handmade dress. This true story is equal parts modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft. Shown in a roundhouse for a unique and magical experience.
Learn to work with silver and craft a stunning annular brooch — the style worn by Celts, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and beyond. Discover the ancient art of jewellery making, and create your own design!
As darkness falls on Saturday evening, visitors will have the exclusive chance to join the warriors of Herigeas Hundas around the fire for a night of mead, music and storytelling.
Work with sterling silver to create the crown jewel of ancient treasure hoards — the Celtic torc! Learn a full range of silversmithing techniques from one of the UK’s leading historical metalworkers and craft your own silver wrist torc.
Craft a pair of stunning Celtic rings based on real finds from archaeology! Learn the fundamentals of jewellery-making and silversmithing on this day course led by one of the UK’s leading historical metalworkers.
Lion and Unicorn bring a theatrical adaptation of five of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales to Butser’s Great Roundhouse! Expect ridiculous props, singing chickens, bare bums, audience participation, kazoos, and lots of laughter.
Lion and Unicorn bring a theatrical adaptation of five of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales to Butser’s Great Roundhouse! Expect ridiculous props, singing chickens, bare bums, audience participation, kazoos, and lots of laughter.
Come and sit around the fire in our Great Roundhouse to listen to stories of witches, cunning folk, shape shifters and deep magic from right here on the South Downs and beyond. Enjoy playful storytelling by author and storyteller Bernadette Russell in a unique setting with a truly special atmosphere.
Come and sit around the fire in our Great Roundhouse to listen to magical stories about children who turn into foxes, and those who run with the deer. Enjoy playful storytelling by author and storyteller Bernadette Russell in a unique setting with a truly special atmosphere.
Learn to cook some of England’s oldest recipes like sweet Saxon bread, nettle and wild garlic soup, and meadowsweet mead, and feast in an authentic Saxon hall!
Learn the most ancient skill there is: how to prepare an animal for the table. Skin, butcher, and cook a deer using traditional Saxon tools and techniques.
Enjoy a unique show of archaeology-inspired storytelling by award-winning storyteller Jason Buck and TV presenter Mary-Ann Ochota in a unique setting with a truly special atmosphere.
Adventure through 15,000 years of archaeology in this unique show! A Time Team presenter and award-winning storyteller imagine the tales behind real archaeological treasures, and bring the past to life with vivid and educational stories.
Join award-winning storyteller Jason Buck around the crackling fire in Butser’s Great Roundhouse as he brings Viking legends to life. Hear fantastic stories and gaze at the crackling fire, while visiting a truly unique setting.
Make pottery in the style of prehistory! Discover the history of this truly ancient craft, and learn the techniques used by prehistoric potters to make your own clay pot.
Discover ancient art — prehistoric cave paintings, Iron Age shield decorations, Roman frescoes — and follow in our ancestors’ footsteps to craft pigments, paint, and even paintbrushes from nature!
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