Richard Darrah obituary

My brother Richard Darrah, who has died from cancer aged 67, was a well-known experimental archaeologist who specialised in ancient wood and the way it was worked. He carried out some spectacular archaeological reconstructions.

Richard was born in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, eldest of three sons of John, a businessman, and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Smith). Both our parents were interested in archaeology and prehistory; John was the author of The Real Camelot: Paganism and the Arthurian Romances (1981).