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It is the last day here at Flag Fen! It’s all go as everything always gets found on the last day! Thank you to everyone who as helped us make this amazing dig possible. We have had so much fun and hope you have too!
Rounding off the final day of our three week excavation, its tools down… and glasses up! Archaeology in your hands’ is our moto – and without your helping hands, either in the trenches or…
A Bronze Age leaf found in peat in Test Pit 1.
Hmmmm, what is more important? The archaeology or the Hot Cupboard of Love? This photo raises some questions!
Thunderbugs are go!
Matt Juddery
Lisa, Brendon and Raksha reflect on DigVentures’ first dig and how significant it will be to developing the story of Flag Fen.
For three weeks DigVentures are granted the great privilege of excavating Flag Fen, launching the world's first crowdfunded and crowdsourced excavation.
The chance discovery (on the way to the pub!) of some waterlogged timber protruding from the edge of a freshly cut drainage dyke leads to one of the ‘Great Excavations’ of British Archaeology. Seasonal excavations follow, directed by Francis Pryor and ‘The Fenland Archaeology Trust’, and funded by English Heritage.
Large-scale Flemish drainage works brought inundated land back for agricultural use and ultimately leads to the discovery of Flag Fen.
Rounding off the final day of our three week excavation, its tools down… and glasses up! Archaeology in your hands’ is our moto – and without your helping hands, either in the trenches or…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… We FINALLY get our Field School Venturer Louise (three weeks!) to do a bit on camera! There’s also a lil’ something special about how our online…
Goodbye to the Hot Cupboard of Love… It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: a whole day where we can wander around saying ‘…and we’ve only got three days!’ We’re in the final…
A Bronze Age leaf found in peat in Test Pit 1.
Not a find, but I think we may have disturbed this little guy!
Mikey B is just as surprised as we are with a hugely historic find of a plastic watering can in Test Pit 2!
Hmmmm, what is more important? The archaeology or the Hot Cupboard of Love? This photo raises some questions!
Christmas has come early on site and Santa has lost his pensioner status looks and definitely a bit of weight! Where’s Judders…?
Lisa, Brendon and Raksha reflect on DigVentures’ first dig and how significant it will be to developing the story of Flag Fen.
The trenches are being closed up and the last pillars of wood are being removed from the test pits.
Brendon and Lisa explain the ARK system and thank everyone who has helped make Flag Fen possible.
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