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Ancient British Farmhouses

Mary Arden's Farm
    Mary Arden's Farm (Station Road, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9UN) is the childhood home of Mary Arden, who was the mother of the famous English poet and playwright, Shakespeare. This real working Tudor farm is open to the public, allowing visitors to step back in time to 1570s England and take part in some of the daily activities. These include basket-weaving, bread-making and tending to the animals, some of which are rare breeds, all under the guidance of actors dressed in traditional Tudor clothing. Throughout the year, the farm hosts Tudor weekends, which include music, dancing and cooking.

Ty Mawr Wymbrant
    Ty Mawr Wymbrant (Penmachno, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, LL25 0HJ) is a traditional stone-built 16th Century farm house located in the Conwy Valley in Wales. It is the birthplace of Bishop William Morgan, who was the first person to translate the Bible into Welsh. As well as discovering how people lived without the comforts we take for granted today, visitors can also explore a collection of bibles in more than 100 languages in the exhibition room, take a walk down a woodland animal trail and listen to introductory talks.
Great Sloncombe Farm
    Great Sloncombe Farm (greatsloncombefarm.co.uk) is a listed,13th Century granite- and cob-built, traditional Devon dairy farm situated in rural Dartmoor in Devon. Today, the property is a guest house, having been sympathetically restored with traditional furnishings, to make the most of the traditional features, such as oak beams and timbers, granite fireplaces and sloping floors and crooked walls. Surrounded by meadows and farmland, visitors can observe the newborn Aberdeen Angus calves that are born in the spring, along with a host of other local animals, birds and insects.

Butser Ancient Farm
    Butser Ancient Farm (butserancientfarm.co.uk) is located near Petersfield in Hampshire and is an archaeological open air museum. Open to the public, the main reason for this reconstructed prehistoric village is to allow archaeologists to learn more about the agricultural and domestic British life, from the late Iron Age to Romano-British periods. Some of the reconstructed buildings on the site include a Roman villa, Iron Age roundhouses, a granary, a forge and an Iron Age toilet.
 

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