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Intact Bronze Age pot found during excavation near Ely An intact Bronze Age pot and a previously unknown Saxon village with a large hall were among the "exceptional" finds unearthed during a dig. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66822204 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 18th September 2023ce

A428 dig: Possible Bronze Age finds unearthed in roadworks Archaeologists have unearthed a loom weight believed to date to the Bronze Age during an excavation. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66225261 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 18th July 2023ce

Ceremony for Flag Fen Iron Age roundhouse A "fantastic bunch of volunteers" have built a replica Iron Age roundhouse on a large Bronze Age causeway dating back 3,500 years. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-63095495 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 3rd October 2022ce

Flag Fen Iron Age roundhouse building work is under way Work is under way on a replica Iron Age roundhouse on a large Bronze Age causeway dating back 3,500 years. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61322631 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 6th May 2022ce

'Most important' Ely Bronze Age gold torc on display One of England's "most important Bronze Age finds" has gone on display for the first time near to where it was found. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41513451 Comments (4)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 7th October 2017ce

Spectacular Bronze Age Torc Found In Cambridgeshire Field https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/28/spectacular-bronze-age-gold-torc-unearthed-cambridgeshire-field?CMP=share_btn_fb Comments (2)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 28th November 2016ce

UK's best bronze age site dig ends but analysis will continue for years One winter some 3,000 years ago, a development of highly desirable houses was built on stilts over a tributary of the river Nene in Cambridgeshire, by people whose wealth and lifestyle would still have seemed enviable to medieval peasants. Then six months later it was all over... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 15th July 2016ce

Bronze Age houses uncovered in Cambridgeshire 'best ever' Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the "best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in Britain". More: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-35280290 Comments (5)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by ryaner 12th January 2016ce

Bronze Age Must Farm Site near Peteborough - Site Update Nice update and article with some cracking photos of some of the finds http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2012/must-farm-bronze-age-site-the-finds Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by mascot 5th April 2012ce

Peterborough's Bronze Age past has been revealed in dig Hoards of Bronze Age weapons, pots still full of food and elaborate textiles have all been uncovered at an archaeological dig near Peterborough. The unusually well-preserved finds are due to a fierce fire in 500BC, which caused the artefacts to sink rapidly into the peaty fen waters... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 12th November 2010ce

Cambridgeshire Quarry throws up 4,500-year-old find A remarkable piece of Neolithic rock art, unlike anything previously found in Eastern England, has been unearthed in the Cambridgeshire village of Over... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by goffik 16th July 2010ce

Time Team's big finds Thousands of years of history were uncovered when excavations started in a village near Stamford last week. Archaeologists spent three days carving trenches out of the landscape to uncover artefacts which dated the site at Northborough to 6,000 years ago ... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by BrigantesNation 19th September 2004ce Edited 17th February 2006ce

Neolithic remains found at bypass site Vital clues into how ancient Britons lived thousands of years ago have been unearthed on a bypass site. Among the items uncovered along the A142 between Newmarket and Fordham (Cambridgeshire, England) include skeletons from the Bronze Age and Iron Age, along with a body from Roman times... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Kozmik_Ken 14th June 2004ce Edited 15th February 2006ce

Cambridgeshire: Site reveals 6,000-year-old relics Published on 27 March 2004 RELICS dating back 6,000 years to the Neolithic age are being uncovered by archaeologists working on the site of the Fordham bypass... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 27th March 2004ce Edited 15th February 2006ce

Archaeology of the Lower Ouse Valley Quarry sites begin to give up secrets - Cat Bell, The Hunts Post http://www.huntspost.co.uk/man/news/ A major awareness campaign, aimed at highlighting the vast wealth of archaeology found in quarry workings in the Lower Ouse Valley is launched this week... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 2nd March 2004ce Edited 15th February 2006ce

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Bronze Age 'recycling bin' found at quarry site The discovery of a 3,000-year-old "recycling bin" used to collect broken objects shows that people from that era were "not very different to us", an expert said. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c13d5yl6kj4o Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 30th March 2024ce

Must Farm: Replicas of 'Britain's Pompeii' finds created Replicas of Bronze Age artefacts discovered at a site dubbed "Britain's Pompeii" have been created by experimental archaeologists. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64890932 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 13th March 2023ce

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Posted by Zeb 30th August 2021ce

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Peterborough: Bronze Age boats conservation gets funding Eight "internationally significant" Bronze Age wooden boats found in a quarry have been awarded funding for ongoing conservation work. The vessels were discovered by archaeologists as they excavated land at Must Farm near Peterborough in 2011. Historic England has awarded £73,261 to preserve the log boats as part of a three-year project. Tony Calladine, from the heritage organisation, said the boats were "incredibly rare". https://tinyurl.com/4xnd65fd Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 25th March 2021ce

Flag Fen (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) — Images

Posted by Zeb 21st April 2018ce

Bartlow Hills (Round Barrow(s)) — Images

Posted by A R Cane 11th April 2018ce