Flag Fen

The Late Bronze Age in Britain is a period whose importance is growing rapidly. Many of the practices which became common in the better-known so-called 'Celtic' world of the Iron Age have roots which extend back to the later second millennium BC. In particular, religious rites based around water, wh [...]
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The Late Bronze Age in Britain is a period whose importance is growing rapidly. Many of the practices which became common in the better-known so-called 'Celtic' world of the Iron Age have roots which extend back to the later second millennium BC. In particular, religious rites based around water, which we know were important to the Druids, but much later, have their origins in the Late Bronze Age. Flag Fen is one of the best-preserved Late Bronze Age sits yet found in Britain. It was discovered in 1982 and consists of many tens of thousands of timbers which were driven into the muddy waters of a fen on the outskirts of modern Peterborough, between about 1300 and 900 BC. Hundreds of valuable objects, including swords, daggers and jewellery, were dropped into the water around the timbers, as offerings. Flag Fen was opened to the public in 1987 and is now a major visitor attraction. The site is particularly important because it is surrounded by one of the most thoroughly studied prehistoric landscapes in Europe.