Portable Antiquities Scheme – Peterborough Conference
The Portable Antiquities Scheme is run by the British Museum and has had huge success in systematic recording of archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and [...]
Roman Castor Revealed
Those participating in the FRAG guided walk near the church at Castor were able to spot the traces of the major Roman building which once occupied the site. Despite the [...]
A14 Community Dig
On 14th May Helen O'Hara provided an overview of the archaeology arising from the massive road improvement project. She focused on previously unknown Saxon and Roman sites, but along the [...]
The Napoleonic Prison of Norman Cross
There is a new book about Norman Cross by Paul Chamberlain. Norman Cross Prison was the first ever purpose built prisoner of war camp. Its sub-title "The lost town of [...]
Flag Fen Flint Knapping Workshop
A flint knapping workshop organised by Vivacity took place at Flag Fen on Saturday. Eight students (including FRAG members) produced arrowheads, stone axes and a variety of sharp blades. However, [...]
Peterborough Museum set to house Must Farm Collection
Plans are being finalised to expand Peterborough Museum in order to display the Must Farm collection of Bronze Age artefacts. Vivacity has been working with interested parties ranging from The [...]
The History and Archaeology of Cathedral Square
There is a newly published book about "The History and Archaeology of Cathedral Square Peterborough". It is written by Stephen Morris and brings together the investigation and monitoring work undertaken [...]
Study Days at Sutton Hoo
There are a series of study days at Sutton Hoo coming up. They are organised by Wuffing Education and cover a variety of archaeological and historical topics. The emphasis is [...]
Roman Pottery Workshop – A Great Success!
The FRAG talk in February was about Roman pottery in the Peterborough area - but it was much more than this. Dr Stephen Upex came armed with a large collection [...]
Meet our Peterborough Ancestors
There's is a rare opportunity to find out more about our Peterborough ancestors. More particularly, about 130 people who were Peterborough residents between the 12th and 16th centuries and who [...]
Geophysical Survey reveals more information about Durobrivae
Several FRAG members helped with a geophysical survey across parts of the Durobrivae site near Water Newton, Peterborough. The survey work required the explicit permission of Historic England which is [...]
FRAG Joins Jigsaw Cambridgeshire
In November 2017 FRAG made another step forward by affiliating to Jigsaw, a network of archaeology groups active across Cambridgeshire. Jigsaw started as a 5 year Heritage Lottery Funded project [...]
Metal Detector Training – 2017
It was cold but very sunny as we received our initial metal detector training session from Steve Critchley this morning. We then had a really enjoyable time searching a section [...]
Romans of Fane Road – 2017 Dig Diary
We are back digging the Romano-British villa site between Itter Crescent and Fane Road in Peterborough! This year we have just a few days to excavate more test pits on [...]
Devil’s Dyke – Guided Walk
Members of FRAG recently visited Devil’s Dyke near Newmarket. With David Crawford-White as our expert guide we not only gained a real feeling for its scale but learnt much about [...]
