Ancient Fires
Sat 13 Jun
|Flagg
In this workshop we'll take a deep dive into primitive fires, the historical importance of fire and how it has become both an essensial skill in bushcraft as well as a important way of kinship.
Time & Location
13 Jun 2026, 10:30 – 17:00
Flagg, Flagg, Buxton SK17, UK
About the event
About
Here in the wild Peak District, fire has shaped much of the landscape itself but not through any natural phenomenon. During the early Neolithic (fist farmering) around 6000 y.a, people in the Peak Britain and the Peak District, most of which were decedents of earlier mesolithic comminities, were forced to adapt the way of life which had been entirely based around Hunting and Gathering for mellenia due to the strain of natural resorces. It was during this time that these pople has one thing on thier mind; Land clearance...
Small communities began to clear the dense oak woodalnds that made up the Derwent Valley as well as the more sparsley wooded limestone plautre of the white peak, putting down claims on the newly cleared land and taking up early farming practices ( Upland grazing sheep, crops of barley and cattle )
Yet fire has alredy played an equtable role…
Tickets
Workshop ticket
£60.00
+£1.50 ticket service fee
Total
£0.00