Tile Tales

 

25th – 26th July 2009, 1pm – 4pm
Help us celebrate this year's Festival of British Archaeology

Find out what our unique collection of tiles can tell us about medieval life at Norton Priory with FREE drop-in activities*.

  • Join potter Andrew MacDonald and help to reconstruct a life-sized knight made from tiles.
  • Meet the Abbot of Norton Priory and Knight Laurence Dutton.
  • Hands-on gallery activities and displays.

Also a special talk on Sunday 26th July at 2.30pm: Priory and Pilgrimage with Tom Hughes
Norton Priory was a major destination for medieval pilgrims, with it’s St Christopher statue and the miraculous Norton cross – discover why medieval people went on pilgrimage, where they went and what they did when they got there!

 *Normal admission costs apply.