{"id":10398,"date":"2022-12-16T04:10:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T04:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/?page_id=10398"},"modified":"2023-05-01T14:21:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:21:33","slug":"dark-ages-charitable-trust","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/index.php\/dark-ages-charitable-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Ages Charitable Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10398\" class=\"elementor elementor-10398\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4fbb58 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b4fbb58\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-895f2b1 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"895f2b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/index.php\/about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Return to About<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc8650a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc8650a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/08156-ringfort-231008-006-1024x732.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10852\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/08156-ringfort-231008-006-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/08156-ringfort-231008-006-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/08156-ringfort-231008-006-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/08156-ringfort-231008-006-1536x1098.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/08156-ringfort-231008-006-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/08156-ringfort-231008-006.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd8247c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd8247c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82e0d4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82e0d4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We purchased our new home in 1996 and decided to use much of the space to further our interest in the Dark Ages and nature conservation. We dug a pond about 150 meters long and lined it with 3000 tons of clay. Several thousand indigenous trees were planted including fruit trees, such as medlars, that go back to the Roman period.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/index.php\/dark ages trust construction\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Click to see photographs of site construction.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>We obtained grants that enabled us to open the site for educational access.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/index.php\/school-visits\/\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Click to see photographs of school visits.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>Our Mercia re-enactment group trained regularly in the palasaded ring fort that was constructed from the earth excavated from the pond.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/index.php\/mercia re-enactment\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Click to see photographs of Mercia re-enactment group.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>Unfortunately, due to the government changing how educational access and the Countryside Stewardship scheme was administered and the lack of interest from anyone willing to keep things going, we reluctantly decided to sell up and retire to Spain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701b74a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"701b74a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/re-enactment.com\/index.php\/about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Return to About<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return to About We purchased our new home in 1996 and decided to use much of the space to further our interest in the Dark Ages and nature conservation. 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