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Flag Fen Archaeology Park is home to a unique ancient wooden monument. A kilometre long wooden causeway and platform are perfectly preserved in the wetland. 3300 years ago this was built and used by the Prehistoric fen people as a place of worship and ritual. 60000 upright timbers and 250000 horizontal planks are
12 Jan 2016 The houses are almost within sight of the famous archaeological site and visitor attraction, Flag Fen, which is believed to have been a ritual landscape of the dead. But the latest finds were very much from the land of the living, built within a neat palisade, beside an older causeway linking two hummocks of
26 Jun 2013 Dr Francis Pryor's discovery of the Flag Fen archaeological site in Peterborough has gone down in local folklore, here he talks to John Baker about the site's discovery, excavation and future:
Buy Time Team Guide To The Archaeological Sites Of Britain & Ireland by Tim Taylor (ISBN: 9781905026029) from Amazon's Book Store. Great Britain and Ireland are home to some of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. .. East-Grimes graves, Flag Fen, Sutton Hoo, West Stow Anglo-saxon village
10 May 2017 Archaeological work began in 1982 at the site, which is located 800 m (0.5 miles) east of Fengate. Flag Fen is now part of the Greater Fens Museum Partnership. A visitor centre has been constructed on site, and some areas have been reconstructed, including a typical Iron Age roundhouse dwelling.
Transporting the past into the future: the archaeology of the Lincoln Eastern Bypass. Ruben Lopez | Thursday 1 March, 7.30pm. Mesolithic to post medieval, what could finds near the river Witham tell us about the regional and national importance of the river with regards to transport?
Travel back 3500 years to discover what life was like for our prehistoric ancestors at the finest Bronze Age archaeological site in Northern Europe.
What a great place Flag Fen is. In an hour-long guided tour I learned more about the Bronze Age than I ever did at school. Great exhibits, well displayed, and a very informative commentary by a well-informed guide. Very helpful and pleasant staff, and free use of wheelchair or mobility scooter for those who need it.
18 Jan 2012 It's been estimated over 60,000 individual timbers were used to build the causeway, which followed the line of an earlier, Neolithic track – but the low-lying areas around the island were gradually becoming inundated. The site, known as Flag Fen, was discovered in 1982 by the archaeologist Francis Pryor
This morning I visited Flag Fen and found it really interesting. Our guide Steve took us round the site telling us all about, not only the Flag Fen excavations but also the adjacent site. Artifacts believed to have come from as far away as the Mediterranean along with swords, tools, fine pins and even some ancient material.

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