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!
Covid19 restrictions mean FRAG has suspended its talks programme until Sept 2021
We continue to list other events which may be of interest to our members and website visitors though take care to check details with the relevant organisers.
Upcoming Events
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Revealing Rock Art in Kilmartin Glen
25 January 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm -
Open Mic & FRAG Annual General Meeting – 2021
6 September 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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“A bronze age Pompeii”
- Mark Knight, Must Farm Site Director
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"It’s not what you find, it’s what you find out. "
- David Hurst Thomas, Curator of North American Archaeology, Division of Anthropology
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“Archaeology is the study of humanity itself”
- Margaret Murray, Pioneer Egyptologist and First Female Archaeology Lecturer
News From FRAG
Articles about Sawtry Abbey
A series of ‘bite-sized’ articles about the Cistercian Order and Sawtry Abbey are being written by Sawtry Archaeology. Cistercian monasticism dates to 1089 with [...]
Roman Britain – and where to find it
Roman Britain and Where to Find It is a newly published guidebook focusing on visible Roman remains across England, Wales and Scotland. The authors have [...]
Roman Building found in Helpston
A couple of years ago FRAG members worked with the Helpston Archaeology Group to undertake initial investigation of an interesting Roman site located behind the [...]
Peterborough Extensive Urban Survey Report
The 2019 Peterborough Extensive Urban Survey Report is the outcome of a project by Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council with funding from [...]
Welland Valley Crop Marks
The unusual mix of extended wet and dry periods this summer has not pleased farmers but has been good for Welland Valley crop marks. As [...]
Bronze Age Bainton
Crop marks have been spotted near Bainton, including a clear pit alignment which if similar to one excavated in the 1960s at Tallington may well [...]
St Mary Magdalene Church, Stilton
A new guide to St Mary Magdalene Church Stilton tells of the lives of ordinary people (and a few extraordinary characters too) throughout the centuries, [...]
Leicester University – Archaeology Short Courses
From November to March 2020 University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) will be running ten ½-day and 1-day courses, on Saturdays. The courses will focus [...]