A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However the village is right in the middle of a modern university campus which somewhat detracts from its air of authenticity. Having invented a new language and stolen rabbits from the animal husbandry department for food they decide to light a funeral pyre when one of their number is accidentally killed. Unfortunately this gets out of hand,requiring fire brigade intervention and putting the future of the summer school in doubt.