The Prehistoric Workshop

31/08/2026

Day 2 at the Leicestershire County Show! We were lucky with the rain yesterday and I almost lost my voice from talking to visitors!

Should be another great day. Come along and see us if you can. We have Owls to the left of us, and Bees to the right!

30/08/2026

All set up at the Leicestershire County show!

Live flintknapping and flax processing along with our replicas for handling.

Discussing the start of farming in Britain 6000 years ago.

27/08/2026

We'll be at the Leicestershire County Show this year demonstrating flintknapping and talking about the origins of farming in Britain. Do come along and have a chat, see how flint tools were made, and what crops were farmed 6000 years ago!

🪨 STEP BACK IN TIME AT LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY SHOW!

We’re delighted to welcome The Prehistoric Workshop to this year’s show, bringing the Stone Age to life with a fascinating collection of prehistoric replicas and live demonstrations.

This Leicestershire Community Interest Company uses experimental archaeology, ancient crafts and real agriculture to explore how people lived, worked and farmed in prehistoric Britain.

Come along and…
🪨 Handle a collection of prehistoric replicas
🔥 Watch flint tools take shape with live flintknapping
🌾 See flax being processed and transformed towards fibre
🌱 Discover how crops including Emmer wheat and flax were cultivated using evidence-informed prehistoric methods

It’s a brilliant opportunity for children and adults alike to get hands-on with history and discover what everyday life might have looked like thousands of years ago.

📅 Sunday 30th & Monday 31st August
📍 Market Harborough Showground
🎟️ Adults £10 | Children 15 & under FREE
🚗 FREE parking

History you can see, touch and experience! 🪨🌾

27/07/2026

Overgrown paths are my favourite ones. This one leads up to what was a bustling prehistoric landscape.

10/07/2026

Flintknapping and chatting about prehistoric glues with the people of High Wycombe... a happy place.

I realised more than ever during this weekend that the conversation with the people who visit these events is actually the most precious thing about this whole endeavour. We get to imagine together about our prehistoric ancestors via my replicas and no thought our question is a silly one. All questions lead to answers. Conversation is key 💜

10/07/2026

It was a great day on a fantastic Mesolithic site with so many enthusiastic visitors!

Thanks for having me, Oxford Archaeology.

09/07/2026

The abandoned Railway gateway to a prehistoric landscape...

This is the old Great Central Rail line which closed during the 1960's but ran from Sheffield to London via my Town. Just to the East of the line lies history spanning back at least to the Mesolithic period (9,600BC - 4,000BC) until the present today.

05/07/2026

We're back! After a year out bringing up our baby boy, Islwyn, we were delighted to be back out there displaying prehistoric replicas and showing people how the knapping process works.

We were on a fantastic Mesolithic site with Oxford Archaeology for a public open day. Lots of visitors and lots of interest for this rare find.

We have a few more dates in the diary so will share more soon. In the meantime, if you're interested in learning ancient crafts or would like a talk/demonstration, please do get in touch!

19/01/2026

https://theconversation.com/early-humans-relied-on-simple-stone-tools-for-300-000-years-in-a-changing-east-african-landscape-271433

The age of the oldest known Oldowan stone tools from east Turkana has been pushed back by 700,000 years.