Road Trip
A Visit to The Butser Ancient Farm
July 2002
The day we were there the staff was conducting an experiment in how Roman era farmers might seperate oats from chaff.... I don't think the experiment worked, but that's how experiments go. 

The plan was to use a sort of sled-like implement, which had sharp shards of flint lashed to the bottom, dragged over a supply of oats grown onsite.

More on
Next Page
Back One Page

Butser Ancient Farm Website
To Road Trip Index!
To Latest Finds Index
To the Gallery Index
To the Visitor's Pages