Historical forging day to make medieval keys
Join Alistair Butcher from ABforgeworks, our resident blacksmith, forging historical, archaeological items based on our area’s local history.
Forge your own Anglo Saxon / early medieval keys linked to Corfe Castle and the cultural links in Dorset using traditional methods of blacksmithing to recreate ancient history.
Make an early medieval key to a design based on archaeological finds and depictions of keys dating from roughly 800-1100 AD. Learn about the history and production of keys from the Middle Ages to the 1600s.
11am-3pm
£60
Max 4 people
Tutor
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Alistair ButcherBlacksmithblacksmith, metal work
