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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October 2019
Unearthing Our Roman Past
An event organised by Friends of St Remigius, Water Newton and the Nene Valley Archaeological Trust. Stephen Upex will provide a first update following the Durobrivae excavation in July.
Find out more »Snettisham Iron Age Hoards
A Vivacity event A catch-up opportunity if you missed our own Jody Joy talk last year!
Find out more »November 2019
Secret Peterborough
June and Vernon Bull explore some of the lesser-known episodes and characters in the city’s past.
FREE for FRAG Members
Find out more »Hoards: A Hidden History
Talk with Eleanor Ghey, Curator, British Museum - A Vivacity Event
Find out more »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 »EXCAVATION – Alconbury Weston – Season 3
A Sawtry History Society Event
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 »Excavations at Nassington 2019
A MidNAG Event at Nassington Village Hall
Find out more »March 2020
The Excavation of a Mercian King’s Enclosure
A Fen Edge Archaeology Group event in Cottenham
Find out more »Respect your Elders: Old Swords in Anglo-Saxon England
This is a Vivacity event at Flag Fen POSTPONED
Find out more »Anglesey Abbey – Excavation Tours & Events
Organised by the National Trust and Oxford Archaeology East
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