The Shire of Sunderoak is part of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.; a worldwide non-profit organization dedicated to researching and recreating the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

The time period of the SCA is roughly from the fall of Rome to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, or approximately 470 A.D. to 1600 A.D. Members of the SCA try to re-create the atmosphere and events of Europe as it existed at that time.

Shire of Sunderoak is the name of the Western Pennsylvania branch of the SCA consisting of Butler, Armstrong and northern Indiana Counties. Our shire is part of the Kingdom of Æthelmearc, a larger, regional SCA group which encompasses West Virginia, West & Central Pennsylvania and West & Central New York.