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
News From FRAG
Excavation at Flag Fen
The first excavation since 2012 is being undertaken at Flag Fen. We were alerted to this at the November FRAG meeting. Cambridge Archaeology Unit [...]
Itter Crescent Villa – We’re Back!
For many of our regular diggers this was the first opportunity in 2021 to let loose with our mattocks and trowels. We have opened [...]
FRAG at Sawtry Abbey
FRAG members had a unique opportunity to explore the site of the lost Cistercian Abbey near Sawtry. The photo above shows the nave of [...]
Anchor Church Field Crowland
Archaeologists from Newcastle and Sheffield universities have just completed a two week excavation at Crowland searching for the remains of the religious buildings associated [...]
Treasures of Ramsey Abbey
The Treasures of Ramsey Abbey exhibition is the culmination of a three year lottery funded archaeology project at Abbey College, the site of Ramsey [...]
Imperial Power in the Roman World
Imperial Power in the Roman World is a lecture series inspired by the new Nero exhibition at the British Museum and recent thoughts on [...]
FRAG in Fotheringhay
FRAG's first event in 15 months took place on 26th June 2021 at Fotheringhay. With landscape historian and archaeologist Dr Stephen Upex as our [...]
Peterborough’s Local List Project
The Peterborough Local List Project will update and extend the existing list. The Local List of heritage assets sits beneath the nationally registered Scheduled Monuments [...]
The Material Fall of Roman Britain
Publication of 'The Material Fall of Roman Britain' was delayed by the pandemic but is now available. The book tackles a challenging topic from [...]
A Roman Slave from Great Casterton?
It’s no great surprise to find Roman remains if you dig in your garden at Great Casterton. The crossing point of the River Gwash [...]
Bronze Age Spearhead found near West Deeping
Last year, FRAG members joined a community archaeology day organised by gravel company, Breedon, in association with West Deeping Heritage. Details of an impressive Bronze [...]
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 [...]
