Flag Fen
Flag Fen, east of Peterborough, England, is a Bronze Age site which was constructed about 3,500 years ago and consists of more than 60,000 timbers arranged in five very long rows, creating a wooden causeway across the wet fenland.Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological open-air museum in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Flag Fen Archaeology Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Peterborough Power Station and Must Farm.
Peterborough Power Station
Power station
Photo: Lofty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peterborough Power Station is a 360 MW gas-fired power station at Eastern Industry, Fengate in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. Peterborough Power Station is situated 2,800 feet west of Flag Fen.
Must Farm
Archaeological site
Photo: Dr. Colleen Morgan, CC BY 2.0.
Must Farm is a Bronze Age archaeological site consisting of five houses raised on stilts above a river built around 950 BC in Cambridgeshire, England. The settlement is exceptionally well preserved because of its sudden destruction by catastrophic fire and subsequent collapse onto oxygen-depleted river silts. Must Farm is situated 1 mile south of Flag Fen.
Peterborough Cathedral
Church
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and formerly known as Peterborough Abbey or St Peter's Abbey, is a cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. Peterborough Cathedral is situated 2 miles west of Flag Fen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastgate and Stanground.
Eastgate
Suburb
Eastgate is a suburb of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies immediately to the east of Peterborough Cathedral and west of Fengate. Eastgate is situated 2 miles west of Flag Fen.
Stanground
Suburb
Photo: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanground is a residential area of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For electoral purposes, it comprises the Stanground South and Fletton & Stanground wards in the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. Stanground is situated 2 miles southwest of Flag Fen.
Dogsthorpe
Suburb
Photo: Jay Haywood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dogsthorpe is a residential area and electoral ward of the city of Peterborough, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Dogsthorpe is situated 2 miles northwest of Flag Fen.
Flag Fen
- Categories: archaeological open-air museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Whittlesey, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.5742° or 52° 34′ 27″ northLongitude
-0.19094° or 0° 11′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C4XHRF5+MJOpenStreetMap ID
way 295142643OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1356788
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