S is for SHEPHERD'S LAMBING HUT

Once a common sight on Salisbury Plain, this example of a
shepherd's lambing hut was rescued from dereliction and
brought to the Museum for restoration in 2000.

Working from contemporary photographs the hut was furnished
with floorboards and a stable door made from oak from the
Lackham estate; a chimney flue was shaped and fitted by the
College welder and a slatted wooden bunk-bed was made by volunteers
to accompany sacking filled with straw to complete the ‘comforts'
of a shepherd's life.

A local coach driver kindly made and donated a number of ash gate
hurdles, a craft skill passed to him by his father. These
surround the hut that is now accessible to visitors.