Plans detail a reconstructed Iron Age dwelling in North Tyneside’s park, aiming to recreate Celtic life and enhance visitor experience.
Council officers planned the roundhouse. They will use old-fashioned building ways. An old, ruined hut was taken down first, and the new hut won’t have heather on its roof because getting heather in a good way is hard.
Celts of the Iron Age lived in round houses. These houses had straw and mud walls, with a fire burning in the middle. Roundhouses were common in ancient Britain, but scarce in Europe, except in France, Spain, and Portugal which had some.
The roundhouse will be in a play area, as part of a Celtic village, to help visitors, according to planning papers. The plan fits the park’s look because other buildings are nearby and trees around the hut will hide it.
The council got the plans January 28, and they still have to decide.
Rising Sun Farm could get a new neighbor, because the council seeks someone to run the farm. The last operator failed in March 2023. The council hopes for a group by early 2025; rent from the farm could be £90,000 the first year.
