This is a schedule of many archaeology and history events in the Peterborough area. Only some are organised by FRAG. Click a specific event for more details.
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November 2019
Ötzi the Iceman
A MidNAG Event: Prof Klaus Oeggl Venue at Oundle Primary School
Find out more »Roman Durobrivae and the Water Newton Treasure
Talk by Dr Stephen Upex - A Vivacity Event
Find out more »The Mildenhall Treasure: fine dining in Roman Britain
A Vivacity Event with Richard Hobbs of the British Museum
Find out more »December 2019
Peakirk Unwrapped: The Archaeology of a Fen-edge Settlement
Archaeological evidence indicates that the Peakirk area was first colonised by Neolithic folk and that there was almost-continuous activity in the heart of the present village from the Romano-British period onwards.
Speaker: Dr Avril Lumley Prior
FREE for FRAG Members
Find out more »January 2020
The Romans at Fane Road
A Werrington Local History Group event: In case you missed his talk at the 2019 AGM, Fane Road Archaeology Group's field officer, Phil Hill, will be addressing the local history society.
Find out more »Georgian Peterborough
Stuart Orme speaks about a neglected part of Peterborough's past.
Speaker: Stuart Orme
FREE for FRAG Members
Find out more »February 2020
From Neolithic to Saxon: Evolution of a North Cambridgeshire Landscape
Tony Walsh provides an update on what the A14 improvement project can tell us about the evolution of the north Cambridgeshire landscape
FREE for FRAG Memebers
Find out more »Prostitution & Death in Victorian Peterborough
A Werrington Local History Group Event
Find out more »March 2020
April 2020
Open Mic & Annual General Meeting
Members share archaeology stories. Followed by the FRAG Annual General Meeting
FREE for FRAG Members
Find out more »May 2020
WALK – Norman Cross Prison
Paul Chamberlain will provide a history of the camp for Napoleonic prisoners of war, and point out surviving features.
Priority for FRAG Members
Find out more »June 2020
The History & Archaeology of Peterborough Cathedral Square
900 years of history beneath Cathedral Square in Peterborough.
FREE for FRAG Members
Find out more »VISIT: Chester Farm – A Roman walled town near Wellingborough
A guided visit around the walled Roman town with Project Director, Sarah Bridges
FREE for FRAG Members
Find out more »August 2020
Milestones & Turnpikes
A Werrington Local History Group Event
Find out more »September 2020
Peterborough HER (Historic Environment Record)
City Archaeologist, Rebecca Cass-Hatton introduces this valuable research resource.
FREE for FRAG Members
Find out more »October 2020
The Fenland Ague
A Werrington Local History Group Event
Find out more »Must Farm – The Big Picture
Mark Knight reveals what we have learned from this local Bronze Age site.
FREE for FRAG Members
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