Forging a Celtic Sword in ONE DAY!

Expert bladesmith Thomas Timbrell tries to smash out a replica Iron Age sword in just one day at Butser Ancient Farm!

Using authentic tools and equipment, Tom will be using the fire in our Great Roundhouse to forge this early Iron Age weapon just as they would have over 2,000 years ago. Iron working and blacksmithing revolutionised the prehistoric world, allowing for much tougher and stronger tools and weapons to be created. But just how effective were these ancient metalworking techniques?

With many thanks to Tom from Big Beynon's Blacksmithing and Caroline from Pario Gallico for demonstrating the art of Iron Age Blacksmithing.

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Butser Ancient Farm is an open-air experimental archaeology museum and active research centre, learning about the past by recreating it.

Our experiments are world-renowned, and our buildings include a Roman villa, Celtic village, Stone Age farm, and Saxon halls — all reconstructed from real UK archaeology, and open to be explored!

We do everything we can do share our passion for the past, from visitor opening and school groups to filming our experiments for bitesize documentaries!

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