Description: Classic view of ears of einkorn as grown at BAF
Description: This 1976 slide shows the Pimperne House after the principal rafters had been inserted and the upper hexagon support ring had been fixed. The fence on top of the bank of the surrounding earthworks can be clearly seen. Compared with slide 3171
Description: This 1976 slide shows the Pimperne House after the first rafter had been inserted. The fence on top of the bank of the surrounding earthworks can be clearly seen, as can the enclosure's essentially square shape. Compared with slide 3177, it
Description: The ring beam was now a standard feature of Reynolds' larger roundhouses. This is the Pimperne House construct at BAFDA.
Description: This slide shows a very youthful Peter Reynolds and his Assistant Director Jack Langley ploughing with and ard. Note the furrow in the foreground as it shows the nature of the effect of the ard to perfection.
Description: This view from the slide collection shows a fine standing crop of cereals. The Maiden Castle house has begun to mature. The fact that the site is grassed over suggests the house to the right is a replacement for the earlier Balksbury House,
Description: This slide of the excavation report from Little Woodbury was prepared for a lecture.
Description: This slide shows a member of staff, with green and yellow garb, from the HCC Country Park looking at the new notice board overlooking the first site after the Country Park had opened to the public.
Description: Slide showing the experimental building said to be a Roman granary but shown to most likely be a malting barn .... Reynolds and Langley "Romano-British Corn Drying Oven ... an experiment " Arch. J. 136 (1979) 27-42
Description: An early view [c.1973] of the site at Little Butser, showing some of the paddocks, the crop fields and the Balksbury House under construction, the first-ever experimental "large" roundhouse, on a scale undreamt of in those early years. The De
Description: One of the oldest surviving European rock-carvings showing ploughing with a pair of cattle and an ard, from Scandinavia. This is the sort of evidence that went towards the early ideas on what to study in the programme of research at BAF.
Description: Asia Minor 1966 ethnographic record showing cattle yoked to an ard .... taken by Peter Reynolds while he explored those regions where older approaches to farming were still extant. Spain was another fruitful area of study.
Description: One of the oldest surviving European rock-carvings showing ploughing with a pair of cattle and an ard, from Scandinavia. This is the sort of evidence that went towards the early ideas on what to study in the programme of research at BAF.
Description: This shows Jack Langley, the first Assistant Director, demonstrating the use of a reproduction Donnerupland ard with Dexter cattle.
Description: Demonstration of a reproduction Roman ard, with iron tip buried out of view, using Dexter cattle. For a short time bees were managed at BAFDA. A straw skep and a modern hive can be seen in the background.
Description: A fine view of a stand of einkorn ... location site not known.
Description: Emmer heads just prior to ripening ... location site not known.
Description: A view of a field of emmer with pronounced contamination by Fat Hen, a classic arable weed ... controlled by herbicides in modern practice. The field location is not recorded.
Description: A slide from the BAF collection showing use of a construct of a harvesting implement being used on emmer.
Description: Peter Reynolds inspects a new pit ..... but when ?! The index says at Little Butser but the slide number is quite late in the series and Peter's hair is dark !!
Description: Queen Elizabeth 2nd opens the Queen Elizabeth Country Park, 2nd August 1976 and with it the Demonstration Site. PJR using walking stick as he injured his foot the day before, while working at the site.
Description: There was no time or purpose, when constructing the so-called BAFDA ..... Demonstartion Area / Site [as opposed to what was solely a research site on Little Butser], in digging by methods likely to have been used in the Iron Age ... hence the
Description: This slide, produced for a Conference Lecture, shows most clearly the approach adopted for the construction the ditch and bank of the "standard" octagonal experimental earthworks, as developed by Peter Reynolds. This section is through a par
Description: This formal outdoor site plan was prepared by the Hampshire County Council, for the benefit of the visiting public, as part of their support for the Ancient Farm.
Description: This was one of the first sections taken from the experimental ditch and bank at BAF ... not recorded whether it was Little Butser or BAFDA ... It formed the cornerstone of Peter Reynold's early and important interpretations of the layering p
Description: This slide, produced for a Conference Lecture, shows most clearly the range of approaches adopted for the different ways of constructing the bank of the "standard" octagonal experimental earthworks, as developed by Peter Reynolds. Along the l
Description: This has to be a view from 1972 just after completion of the first stages of the earthworks construction and before commencing on the construction of the Balksbury House. The small roundhouse is based on what was considered to have been a
Description: Slide 8101 of the BAF collection, taken in 1985 soon after completion of the earthworks. This was based on Peter Reynold's evolved design for an octagonal earthworks intended to test the influence of geographical orientation on the erosional
Description: A slide of the early stages of plant colonisation for one arm of the experimental earthworks in the grounds of Fishbourne Roman Palace and showing the water table just receding. Note that the bank is barely colonised beyond the central turf c
Description: A view towards the enclosure with a decaying Pimperne House roof and across one of the test fields of cereal. The condition of the roof suggests a date in the mid-1980's.
Description: A view taken from the herb garden, run by Peter and Rose [?] Mason for many years, and looking across the A3 towards the Country Park buildings in the background. Dexter cattle can be seen grazing in a distant paddock. An early metal working
Description: An early version of a potkiln ... date unknown. Note the turf roof, partly for safety against fire.
Description: A view inside the Pimperne House enclosure showing an animal house. The condition of the fence on top of the earthworks bank can be seen. The condition of this fence and the sparse vegetation on the bank suggests a date no later than 1980.
Description: This view of the completed Balksbury House shows the porch roof slumping very early on.
Description: This view of the Pimperne House shows the difficulty in thatching at the junction of the porch with the main roof and the sort of repair that was being used to stop the gully leaking. Contrast this with the latest thatching of the Cowdown Hou
Description: This is the first of a set of six slides abstracted from the slide collection .... there are many others. It is the first record made by Peter of the stages in the construction of a round house and shows the first house built at Little Butser
Description: This is the second of a set of six slides abstracted from the slide collection .... there are many others. It is the first record made by Peter of the stages in the construction of a round house and shows the first house built at Little Butse
Description: This is the third of a set of six slides abstracted from the slide collection .... there are many others. It is the first record made by Peter of the stages in the construction of a round house and shows the first house built at Little Butser
Description: This is the fourth of a set of six slides abstracted from the slide collection .... there are many others. It is the first record made by Peter of the stages in the construction of a round house and shows the first house built at Little Butse
Description: This is the fifth of a set of six slides abstracted from the slide collection .... there are many others. It is the first record made by Peter of the stages in the construction of a round house and shows the first house built at Little Butser
Description: This is the last of a set of six slides abstracted from the slide collection .... there are many others. It is the first record made by Peter of the stages in the construction of a round house and shows the first house built at Little Butser
Description: A general view of the freshly completed Arm E ditch in 1985. The profile of the ditch can be clearly seen. The experimental section does not run right up to the junction with the next arm round and the widening at that point can be seen. The
Description: This slide shows some typical sections from the earthworks on Little Butser resulting from the use of the Protofit as shown in slide 6665
Description: This slide is 4223 in the Butser collection. It shows the bank of the Wareham Down experimental earthworks on a rather sandy low fertility soil. It is described in the Butser catalogue as the "Butser ditch edge", implying it was constructed t
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987, emmer, crop rotation, spring sown, east facing field, duplicate of slide 9706, Y-axis 0 - 40 cwt/acre
Description: Peter Reynolds devised a device called by him a "Protofit", designed to allow the dimensions of any "earthwork" feature, to be measuredboth laterally and vertically. This slide was taken in April 1974 while a group of course members were lear
Description: A view of what became known as Nexus House,a conversion of a Little Chef Cafeteria bought by Peter Reynolds on 11th January 1984 and used as a teaching centre and laboratory for research work and for occasional student courses. It was also u
Description: This slide was taken in May 1976 and shows the inner and outer ring of posts of the Pimperne House with the first rafter in place. The bank of the surrounding earthworks, which was four side, though not quite square, can be seen and has no tu
Description: The location of this construction of a Hasseris type pottery kiln in use is not recorded but is believed by Jane Esden to be BAFDA. Jane Esden is a long-standing Friend of the Farm and has long worked on pottery. See also BAFDA_0754. Jane is
Description: This April 973 slide shows the roof detail of a turf hut with smoke seeping through.
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987, emmer, continuous cropping, autumn sown, non-manured, east facing field, Y-axis 0 - 30 cwt/acre
Description: The slide is recorded as 1973, construction of a turf round house with the rafters being inserted. The location is not explicitly recorded but the date corresponds to the existence only of Little Butser and corresponds to the other records of
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987, emmer, crop rotation, spring sown, east facing field, duplicate of slide 9708, Y-axis 0 - 40 cwt/acre
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987, emmer, crop rotation, spring sown, south facing field, Y-axis 0 - 40 cwt/acre
Description: This shows the turf hut after it had suffered a catastrophic failure.
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987, emmer, continuous cropping, autumn sown, non-manured, south facing field, Y-axis 0 - 20 cwt/acre
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987, emmer, continuous cropping, non-manured, autumn sown, west facing field, Y-axis 0 - 25 cwt/acre
Description: This February 1976 view is of a construct of a bottle kiln while being fired. Probably taken at one of the early courses.
Description: This view is of a turf kiln being fired. The surveying pole is divided into half metre bands.
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987, spelt, continuous cropping, non-manured, autumn sown, west facing field, Y-axis 0 - 25 cwt/acre
Description: An early overview of the Little Butser site taken in June 1973 before the chalk surfaces had revegatated after construction work. The only round house present is that based on the Maiden Castle excavation.
Description: This is a close-up view of the fire of the turf kiln shown in slide 0770.
Description: This slide shows the base poles for a haystack construct to be built around a central pole .... see the slide [2766] taken at Noguero Galicia .... at Little Butser. The slide frame is marked 1973, which fits the time of such work and the ethn
Description: This slide taken in 1976 shows the newly completed southern Arm of the enclosure earthworks at BAFDA, taken from the east. It shows very clearly all the details of the construction of the ditch, the bank and wattle fence atop and the berm, or
Description: This slide shows a haystack with a thatched coping at Little Butser in 1974. Based on the picture reproduced in Peter's book "Iron-Age farm" it is not centred on a pole as the caption to it reads "Other haystacks have been built based upon a
Description: This aerial winter view of the enclosure in the Queen Elizabeth Country Park shows the whole area snowbound and is the source of one of the postcards on sale at the Farm. It shows the shape of the Pimperne House viewed from above. Several of
Description: A general view of the enclosure in the Queen Elizabeth Country Park showing the Pimperne House and the surrounding ditch and bank system, with a crop field in the foreground. This view is taken from the direction where the Romano-British "gra
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987, emmer, crop rotation, spring sown, east facing field, duplicate of slide 9706, Y-axis 0 - 40 cwt/acre
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987,spelt, continuous cropping, non-manured, autumn sown, east facing field, Y-axis 0 - 25 cwt/acre
Description: One of set of slides relating to the crop growing programme of Peter Reynolds and published in .... Cereal data 1973 - 1987, spelt, continuous cropping, non-manured, autumn sown, south facing field, Y-axis 0 - 20 cwt/acre
Description: This picture shows a couple of hazel [?] woven pit liner as used in some of the research studies on the underground storage of grain ... it was probably at Little Butser where all such research was carried out [as opposed to the demonstration
Description: This picture shows a hazel [?] woven pit liner as used in some of the research studies on the underground storage of grain ... it was probably at Little Butser where all such research was carried out [as opposed to the demonstration pits at B
Description: Peter Reynolds about to manipulate a crucible during a metal working test in 1989. David Kirby, the farm's long-serving all-round worker, is in the back ground. Note the bellows and crucible tongs.
Description: This is one of the information boards provided by Hampshire County Council in the first years of the demonstartion site and will first have been used in smoky hollow ... see the relevant view of BAFDA.
Description: This view of the freshly completed experimental earthworks in the grounds of the Wroughton Aerodrome, used by the Science Musuem, was taken in 1985. It shows how the central section of the bank was covered with turf taken from where the ditch was dug
Description: This is a view of a haystack built round a central pole, as being used in 1973 in Noguero Galicia, Spain. This sort of ethnographic information is typical of that drawn upon in the early days of the BAF Project to guide their early constructs
Description: This view of the Balksbury House, from a Wiltshire excavation, under construction, was taken in February 1975. It shows the pentagon cone ring introduced at this first construction of a large diameter roundhouse. It serves a couple of purposes
Description: The charcoal clamp completed and fired. At this stage it requires constant attention, as any breaches of the covering will lead to the charcoal burning away as air leaks in.
Description: 1983 view of the constuct of a Roman design of vallus just entering the crop and being pushed by a Dexter cow.
Description: This loom serves many purposes, as illustration of a vertical loom, to show what loom weights are for and to be used during courses and themed weekends. It is located in the porch of the Cowdon House.
Description: Recovering grain from one of the storage pits in 1987.
Description: This view is of the cabin used for carrying out experiments on metal working and made from split logs. The area around was familiarly known as "smoky hollow".
Description: This 1985 view shows the Maiden Castle House covered with snow in the winter.
Description: This view from March 1975 shows how the cereal was being sown at the time of carrying out the first "probing" experiment in Field IV of Little Butser.
Description: This is an early aerial view of the spur and initial field systems at Little Butser. It shows the slight saddleback that appeared to influence the yields from the cereals, despite its apparently minor geophysical significance.
Description: This November 1975 view is taken in Field 1 and shows the Dexter cattle pair, neck-yoked, ploughing with a prehistoric style ard. The saddleback character of the Little Butser site can clearly be seen. The Balksbury House can be seen dimly in
Description: This slide from August 1980 is simply described as showing cereal crops .... looking in fine fettle at this stage. The ubiquitous weather station, used for daily readings, is centrally located to the crop fields.
Description: This 1980 view was taken in Field 7 and shows cross-ploughing in progress with the pair of Dexter cattle specifically trained at BAF. Here they appear to be neck-yoked.
Description: This shows the hazel frame used as a support for moulding clay to shape the firing tunnel for a Hasseris style of pottery kiln. The location is not recorded but is believed to be BAFDA based on the memory of Jane Esden, one of the long-standi
Description: This view of spelt growing at the farm is the basis of the postcard sold in the farm shop. Slide 0569 of the BAF collection.
Description: Believed to be a group of course work students in April 1977. They are being shown the construction of the core of a charcoal clamp utilising sawn logs. The location is not recorded.
Description: This slide was takenn in 1971 before Peter Reynolds had been appointed Director of the Butser Project. It was this sort of work that contributed to his selection as Director. The Avoncroft Museum, Worcs.UK provided this site for
Description: This slide was taken in May 1976 and shows the inner and outer ring of posts of the Pimperne House at an early stage of construction. The bank of the surrounding earthworks, which was four side, though not quite square, can be seen and has no
Description: A scan from PJR's book Iron-Age Ancient Farm .... to be replaced by slide view. The picture shows the Balksbury House, based on an excavation in Wiltshire.
Description: The standard picture used to illustrate well developed ears of emmer, for education and display. The rod is probably marked in centimetre bands
Description: A slide from the BAF collection showing a well developed ear of spelt, in a stand infested with a range of weeds. Note that the pairs of grains are spaced slightly apart along the pedicel unlike emmer where the pairs butt closely together.
