Building the past: Reconstructing a late Neolithic house from Wyke Down

Nestled in a picturesque part of the South Downs in Hampshire, Butser Ancient Farm is an innovative experimental archaeology centre famed for its reconstructed buildings based on excavated evidence. Visitors to the site can explore an open-air museum of structures spanning the Mesolithic to the Anglo-Saxon period, and in early April the team unveiled their newest creation: a late Neolithic house based on remains that had been uncovered by Martin Green, at Wyke Down in Dorset, almost 30 years earlier. The latest addition to Butser Ancient Farm’s array of archaeological reconstructions is this late Neolithic house, based on excavated remains from Wyke Down in Dorset. Image: C Hilts Mar