Welcome to Peterborough Archaeology
Peterborough Archaeology is where you’ll find out about everything archaeological in the area.
FRAG (Fane Road Archaeology Group) invites you to help explore a Roman villa site in central Peterborough.
We also want to help you discover more about the people who have lived in and around Peterborough over thousands of years.
You’ll be surprised by the wealth of archaeology in the region – and there are regular new insights provided by high profile surveys and excavations.
We provide a schedule of upcoming talks and activities organised both by FRAG and by other local groups. Click on a specific event to find out more details.
We’ll help you get hands on with the past!
Upcoming Events
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Must Farm – Artefacts & Techniques
6 February 2023 @ 7:00 pm -
Peterborough Abbey before 1116
16 February 2023 @ 7:30 pm -
Protecting Cathedral Cities
2 March 2023
News From FRAG
Bite Size – Sawtry Abbey
Sawtry Abbey was the subject of a 10 minute "Open-Mic" talk by Kevin Redgate at the December 2022 FRAG meeting. With his small team [...]
2022 Excavation of Rutland Villa
The team from Leicester University and Historic England returned to the Rutland Roman Villa site this summer and were not disappointed. A series of [...]
Rutland Roman Villa and Mosaic
A high status Roman villa has been discovered between Ketton and Luffenham, close to the River Chater, south of Rutland Water. An excavation undertaken [...]
FRAG Visit to Crowland Excavation
On Saturday 27th August 30 FRAG visitors joined archaeologists from Newcastle and Sheffield Universities at Anchor Church Field, Crowland. The excavation is seeking evidence [...]
Horningsea Roman Pottery Industry
An important report on the Roman pottery industry in Cambridgeshire is now available online from the Archaeology Data Service. The report by Oxford Archaeology [...]
Back to Nassington – 2022
A number of FRAG members joined the MidNAG team at Nassington this August. After the disruption of the pandemic years the focus returned to [...]
Volunteers Needed – Peterborough Museum Archives
Peterborough Museum is looking for enthusiastic volunteers with an interest in archaeology and history to join the archaeological archives team. Volunteers will have the [...]
Hands-on Opportunities
There are opportunities to get involved with geophysics and with excavation this summer. Local societies are looking for volunteers. Whilst our May dig at [...]
Support Ukraine Archaeologists
Please consider a request from the Archaeological Museum in Poznań to directly support Ukrainian heritage workers who have volunteered with the Ukrainian army. This [...]
Rutland Roman Villa – Geophysical Survey
We learned last year about the Rutland Roman Villa. Geophysical surveys now reveal the full scale and complexity of the site near Luffenham. Discovered [...]
Current Archaeology Project of the Year 2022
And the winner of Current Archaeology’s prestigious Rescue Project of the Year award for 2022 is...... Building a Roman Villa: a Romano-Celtic temple-mausoleum and [...]
The Romans in the Nene Valley
The Romans in the Nene Valley is a new book by Stephen Upex which explores the history of Roman Britain in the Peterborough area. It has 73 pages packed with [...]
