Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren Yes Place The town or city Whithorn HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities <p>We will provide costumed guided tours, bread making (on the fire) and children’s activities (weaving and spinning, clay thumb pot making).</p><p>Priory Museum will be closed but roundhouse will be open</p> OpeningTime1 4pm to 7pm ArchitectName Hazel Smith Architect And Page and Park OpeningDate1 7/9/2019 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 12018 Refreshments Yes Street The street address 45-47 George Street Postcode DG8 8NS Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Whithorn Roundhouse Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1169 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,54.73352,-4.415194; Description An account of the resource <p>Excavations near Whithorn from 2015 to the present, carried out by AOC Archaeology, have revealed the timberwork and architectural detail for a group of Iron Age houses, which were discovered in an unprecedented state of preservation owing to waterlogged conditions at the site. An oak doorway, façade of vertical oak timbers, and woven flooring made of hazel, covered with grasses and vegetation, were discovered, as well as, recently, evidence of wood-turning, metalworking and a finely decorated wooden bowl.</p><p>The Whithorn Trust has used the evidence to construct a full-size replica, which won the Scottish Heritage Angels Award in 2017. It measures 13 metres across, with a central working fireplace, and is about 9 metres at the apex. The building is thatched with water reed and this work was carried out by local volunteers and trainees, under supervision of a master thatcher. The timbers are alder or oak and the woven walls, filled with clay, are from hazel gathered from an Atlantic Hazel Woodland, near Newton Stewart. The Trust now operates the venue as part of its visitor attraction and for educational and community use. The interiors of the building continue to develop, as archaeologists continue excavation and post excavation analysis.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1901, Renovated 1988, Roundhouse built 2016