Land of Legends is a large, living history/experimental archaeology site in Denmark. We made a return visit during their focus on the iron age.
We'd already viewed the iron age sacrifical bog during our previous visit. The unusual period of drought had made the usually wet area very dry.
The iron age village had buildings that were quite different to those in the UK. They were rectangular rather than round, had windows in the thatch for the smoke to escape, and had very low doors. I wondered how much was evidence based on how much was speculation.
Perhaps unsurprisingly the inside of the buildings felt very Viking like.
We saw families who were spending the week living in the iron age village. One man was carving wood into spoons and furniture, whilst several women were weaving willow baskets.
Whilst some were preparing food to be cooked, other girls were braiding hair. They offered to do ours. (Mine didn't want to co-operate and quickly slipped undone but HB's looked fab.)
The larger outdoor fires were not in use due to a nation wide restriction on fire lighting, as a result of the extended dry period the country was experiencing.
On the outskirts of the iron age village a man was teaching people how to make rope. The results were surprisingly strong.
Inside one of the buildings HB found some tools.
Beyond the iron age area, we got stuck in making clay pots. We were given instructions for firing them iron-age-style once they were fully dried.
In the archaeological investigation area HB got to drips with using a metal detector. We learnt that many amateurs in Denmark have found archeological finds using a metal detector. HB also searched for finds in the water using panning.
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