Flag Fen
Flag Fen will live again this summer when archaeological experts will
work tool by tool with wannabes for the first time. John Baker dug in
to find out more about the world’s first ever crowd sourced and crowd
funded excavation.
The Bronze age site off Northey Road
will be flooded again in July and August, this time with people hoping
to uncover secrets before time runs out completely.
DISCOVERED
by Time Team’s Francis Pryor, who lives in Sutton St James, the site
has a fantastic national and international reputation, but is not really
held in the same regard by the people of Peterborough. Legend has it
that Francis was on his way to the pub in 1982 when he stumbled over a
piece of wood near a Fenland ditch on the outskirts of Peterborough.
The
markings on that piece of timber looked unusual and were soon confirmed
as dating from around 1000 BC – and from Francis’ serendipity a legend
was born.
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