Our Events
We have a fantastic line up of events for 2025 in a range of venues. This page is updated regularly as more events are booked in so check here regularly and follow our social media pages to get the latest updates and news.
We also offer bespoke events you can book with us for a special day.
2025 Workshops and Heritage Experiences
Our heritage experiences are historically themed days in a range of settings. We work with knowledgeable tutors who are experts in their field. We have events for young people and some for adults only, see more details below.
We have worked hard to make our events financially inclusive. You can pay the whole fee in one transaction, or choose the Klarna pay through the same ticket. Or you can choose three instalment payments ticket option as long as the whole ticket price is paid off before the weekend event.
Please contact Castle Hill Heritage Skills CIC if you have any issues with these transactions on Ticket Tailor website.
As a not-for-profit Community Interest Company all our profit goes into the restoration and new buildings at the Ancient Technology Centre in Dorset, which is also where some of our course are set. Once you have become one of the thousands of visitors you will realise how important this place is for all to have a hands on and immersive historical experience. The centre needs financial assistance with this and so Castle Hill Heritage Skills CIC was established.
The Ancient Technology Centre, Dorset hosts our four expert tutors who will teach you four heritage crafts over the course of the weekend.
- Sarah Day: Memma the Cave Woman and Prehistoric Experiences Stone Age school visits.
- Caroline Nicolay: Pario Gallico Living History and Experimental Archaeology.
- Emma Harrison: – Bog Born experimental archaeology in ceramics & crafts.
- Fergus Milton: Experimental archaeologist specialising in smelting ores and bronze casting.
You will have 4 sessions over the mornings and afternoons of both Saturday 10th May and Sunday 11th May 2025.
These will all be in Prehistoric skills and based on archaeological examples:
- Arrow head flint knapping. Learn how to use hand held tools to work a piece of flint into an iconic Stone Age arrowhead shape.
- Paints and pigments. Explore the prehistoric methods of using earth pigments to make prehistoric paint.
- Ceramic pinch pots, beads and cordage. Mix clay to make small pinch pots and fire them. Make small beads and cordage to string them into a necklace.
- Metal casting experience. Learn how to cast metal with a prehistoric furnace. Work together to make metal pieces.
Tickets are £215.00 with options to stay overnight in the Viking Longhall and communal meal on Saturday 10th evening TBC for an additional fee.
The Ancient Technology Centre, Dorset hosts our four expert tutors who will teach you four heritage crafts over the course of the weekend.
Sally Pointer - Sally Pointer Heritage Education
Vanessa Bunton -Puku B Historic Experiences
Jalea Ward - Slightly Warped Looms
Jenny Heath - Drakos Dottir Viking Textiles
You will have 4 sessions over the mornings and afternoons of both Saturday 7th June and Sunday 8th June 2025.
These will all be in a heritage textile skill such as:
- Twining
- Loom weaving
- Stone Age sewing kit
- Natural Dyeing
Tickets are £215.00 for the weekend tutoring and evening talk. The ticket price includes a unique bag full of all the supplies needed for the workshops, a collection of resources unavailable as a package anywhere else. You will have around 2 and a half hours with each textile skill and tutor to learn the history and have a go yourself. On the Saturday evening we will gather for a communal meal (additional fee TBC) and an evening talk led by our expert tutors.
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Join Castle Hill Heritage Skills CIC at the Ancient Technology Centre, Cranborne, Dorset BH21 5RP for a whole weekend of Deer butchery and using the whole animal using prehistoric tools and methods.
Learn to make tools and cook the Stone Age way!
Our experts are:
- Sarah Day and associates: Memma the Cave Woman and Prehistoric Experiences Stone Age school visits.
You will have 4 sessions over the mornings and afternoons of both Saturday 11th October and Sunday 12th October 2025. These will involve using Stone Age tools and methods to butcher a deer. You will tan skins and use parts of the animal for cordage and tools. You will also cook and preserve parts of the deer in Stone Age methods and recipes.
Weekend structure:
- Skinning and butchery. You will work on a deer to learn how to butcher for meat, skins and tools.
- Basic tanning. Using skins in various stages of the tanning process you will learn how to preserve a skin and turn it into leathers.
- Bones and antlers and tendons. Using parts of the animal to create tools and cordage.
- Stone Age cooking. Using a fire pit over and some foraged plants you will create a range of dishes to enjoy with your fellow attendees.
Tickets are £215.00 for the weekend tutoring and evening talk. You will have around 2 and a half hours with each skill and tutor to learn the history and have a go yourself. On the Saturday evening we will gather for a communal meal (additional fee TBC) and an evening talk led by our expert tutors.
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Bespoke Events
We can create a fantastic bespoke event for your special occasion.
Our tutors will work with you to decide on a craft, venue, optional afternoon tea or meal and historic tour or ghost walk.
More information on our bespoke packages coming soon.
Talks and Consultancy
Our directors are available for talks and consultancy.
They have experience across time periods and heritage skills and have in the past given their expertise to television programmes, podcasts and the WI.
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