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Wild wood Archaeology

The Wildwood is still giving up its secrets, albeit slowly. Exploration started rather late due to a wet spring but continued well into the autumn with each carefully dug and recorded trench revealing a little more of life from prehistory to the medieval period.

Mystery of the Moor—4000 years of woodturning

A Bronze Age burial chamber was discovered on Dartmoor, with the remains of a woman, and four lathe-turned ear studs. So began an archaeological experiment.

The BBC TV news visits the Wildwood

The BBC TV news visits Stuart King in the Wildwood to seek out the Romans

The Romans were here!

What were the Romans doing in the Wildwood?

The Wildwood Blog

The Wildwood Muntjac deer are often seen in daytime or heard close by barking loudly to others

This Chilterns Wildwood holds many secrets of our ancient ancestors, watch this space

Moated mystery

Within the Wildwood is a small rhomboid shaped bank and ditch, in fact this was the first archaeological feature to be recognised way back in 1982 and reported by two local school boys.

Mystery dells of the Chiltern’s ancient woodlands

In many of the Chiltern’s ancient woodlands are mysterious dells, often called chalk pits. Many are huge excavations, so what was their purpose?

Snow time

The winter of 2012/13 has been wet, cold and snowy, and the Wildwood is sleeping, but not for too much longer. The roar of chain saws will soon be heard and the workman like growl of diesel engined timber extraction vehicles will soon echo through the woodland.

Stuart King on Time Team, Alan Titchmarsh Show, and Great Railway Journeys

Stuart King with Michael Portillo filming for TV -Great Railway Journeys (4)

Is TV showing more interest in traditional crafts?, Stuart King appeared on Time Team, the Alan Titchmarsh Show, and Great Railway Journeys.

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Automaton in wood by Stuart King

I built an Automaton

An automaton can amuse and entertain using the simplest of mechanical technology and can be made by anyone using basic woodworking skills.

Beech Nuts in the wild

Most folk wouldn’t recognise a beech flower. Those that remain on the trees are maturing into distinctive triangular beech nuts.

The Speckled Wood Butterfly

This has been a fantastic year for the Speckled Wood butterfly. There has been fierce competition for the shafts of sunlight that our 2013 summer has provided in abundance.

  • The BBC TV news visits the Wildwood
  • The Romans were here!
  • Beech Nuts in the wild
  • The Speckled Wood Butterfly
  • Hidden Wildwood Camera
  • Mary Rose — making a sailor’s boxwood hair comb
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  • Wildwood flowers
  • The Wildwood Blog
  • Tree Felling in the Wildwood

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