Tag Archives: Flag Fen

Flag Fen, 30 years on

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

We discovered the extraordinary Bronze Age site at Flag Fen, Peterborough, exactly 30 years ago. To be honest I’m not certain of the precise date, but I think it was around the 3rd, or 4th of November, 1982. I’ve described … Continue reading →

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Flag Fen: a Concise Archæoguide

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

And now for a big digression: I’m moving aside for a guest blogger, my niece Alice Smith, herself an active blogger on the theatre. She has just graduated from Leeds in History and has her finger firmly on the pulse of … Continue reading →

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Bouncy, But Nice

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

Oh dear, once again I find I am out of step with colleagues in archaeology. In theory I should hugely disapprove of Bouncy Stonehenge, largely because it took the money that should, I am assured, have been spent on the … Continue reading →

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Bronze Age Boats and Those Who Dig Them

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

I’m proud to say I was once a digger. And I think I was quite a good one – OK, good-to-average – but not in the same class as, say, Phil Harding. Today he’s famous as a Time Team person, … Continue reading →

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