Flag Fen Archaeology Park - Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
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N 52° 34.497 W 000° 11.368
30U E 690442 N 5828699
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. There are also museums displaying artefacts discovered here.
Waymark Code: WMVKPF
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/30/2017
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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. 60,000 upright timbers and 250,000 horizontal planks are buried under the ground along with many swords and personal items given as offerings to the watery fen.
Visit Flag Fen and you can:
See an uncovered section of the ritual causeway and the treasure it holds
Explore a reconstructed village from the Bronze Age
Discover what life was for our prehistoric ancestors"
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"Flag Fen, east of Peterborough, England, is a Bronze Age site developed about 3500 years ago, comprising over 60,000 timbers, arranged in five very long rows, creating a wooden causeway (around 1 km long) across the wet fenland. Part way across the structure, a small island was formed. Items associated with it have led scholars to conclude the island was a site of religious ceremonies and significance. 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."
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