East Dorset Heritage Trust Celebrating 10 Years At Allendale House 2001 - 2011

Allendale House, Hanham Road, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1AS Tel: 01202 888992
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East Dorset Heritage Trust provides a box office service, providing tickets and booking assistance,
for The Earthouse at the Ancient Technology Centre and Wimborne Community Theatre.


How to Book:
Call the Box Office at East Dorset Heritage Trust on 01202 888 992 (9am to 5pm, Mon to Fri).


You can pay over the phone by credit or debit card and your tickets will be e-mailed to you.
A surcharge is payable on all card transactions.
 
Alternatively, once you have booked your tickets over the phone, make a cheque payable to
'ATC Friends Account'
and send it with a stamped addressed envelope to:
 
EDHT, Allendale House, Hanham Road, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 1AS.

Tickets should be booked and paid for prior to the event.  The purchase of tickets on the door is subject to availability and to a £1 per ticket surcharge.
 
 
 

The Earthouse, Ancient Technology Centre


The ATC is run as a working ancient farmstead and is an authentically seasonal centre where exciting hands-on learning experiences are offered with particular emphasis on ancient crafts. 

 

More than 25 years old, the ATC has recently been awarded the Sandford Award for best education facility and the LABC Best Community Development Award, in the South West region, for the Viking Longhouse.

 

All activities and buildings are based on archaeological evidence from a range of periods including the Neolithic, Iron Age (Celtic), Roman and Anglo Saxon and Viking eras. Visitors can now see the recently completed full scale replica of a Viking Longhouse.

 

VOLUNTEERING

We welcome volunteers to work on our building projects and will be looking for volunteers to help with the rebuild of the Iron Age Roundhouse this January and February.  If you are interested and would like to find out more about how you can join our team of volunteers, then please contact the centre on 01725 517618.

For information about future performances or the Ancient Technology Centre:

Telephone Pascale Barnes on 01725 517 618  or email p.d.barnes@dorsetcc.gov.uk 
 

SPRING 2012 EVENTS
1.  ANCIENT SPRINGTIME DAY
March 10th Saturday – 10 am – 4pm
This is a day of traditional activities to welcome in the Spring at this working farmstead.  Participate in Roman and Iron Age ploughing, ancient crop seed sowing, building cob walls, making Suffolk hurdles and nets and building a hayrick.  Use the Roman waterwheel and view the ancient breed animals, Soay sheep, Iron Age pigs and ancient breed chickens.  See the Roman forge, EarthHouse and Viking Longhouse as well as the newly rebuilt Iron Age Roundhouse.
Tea, Cakes and refreshments will be on sale in the Longhouse, along with Burgers and vegetarian food over the lunch period.


2.  STONE AGE WALK
March 29th, 30th and 31st (dates to be confirmed)
Look out for our Stone Age walkers traversing the landscape along an ancient route from Avebury, through Stonehenge, Old Sarum to the ATC in Cranborne in time for the opening of the Stone Age Weekend Event.  Check our website for the itinerary and join us along the way to learn more about the local landscape.

3.  STONE AGE WEEKEND
April 14 and 15th    10am – 4pm
A weekend for all the family to experience life in the Stone Age at this prestigious site.  Activities include rope-making, cave painting, fire making, structure building, raw hide scraping, knapping flint arrowheads and pulling a giant monolith using ancient methods.   Also included is music and story-telling in the EarthHouse.  This is a rare opportunity to step back into the past. 
Tea, Cakes and refreshments will be on sale in the Longhouse, along with Burgers and vegetarian food over the lunch period.

STORYTELLING
The Earthhouse at the ATC is the only purpose-built storytelling space in the country and the massive timber and earth structure can seat up to 250 people in the round… warmed by the fire in the centre pit and illuminated by candlelight and lanterns.  The acoustics are phenomenal and the setting provides the most unique and magical stage for an unforgettable evening.
Doors open at 6:30pm, and performances begin at 7:30pm, unless stated otherwise.  There is an interval during which time refreshments will be served (included in the ticket price).  Tickets available through EDHT on 01202 888992

SATURDAY 24TH March 2012:  NEW FOREST STORYTELLERS

SATURDAY 12TH May 2012: THE DEVIL’S VIOLIN COMPANY

Wimborne Community Theatre

 

Wimborne Community Theatre (WCT) is a friendly, co-operative group of East Dorset residents (aged 9 to 90) who research and create performances

for schools and communities in local outdoor sites or buildings.


The innovative performances explore past, present and future stories about a particular community and its environment.

Members are involved in many ways: as actors, singers, musicians and researchers, but also as artists, planners, makers and back-stage crew.
 
WCT welcomes new members whether you have creative skills to share or have
little or no relevant experience.
 

To join WCT

or know about future performances:
 
Please phone
01202 874145.