Members will no doubt remember the Zoom talk from January 2025 when we learnt about the prehistoric settlement dubbed Britain’s Pompeii which was occupied for less than a year before it burned down, leaving a wealth of well-preserved artefacts. The finds were unearthed at a burnt-out 3,000-year-old village at Must Farm quarry in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.
For the first time, visitors can see the rare Bronze and Iron Age log boats – now on display from Saturday 15 November 2025. The vessels have been painstakingly conserved since their discovery at Must Farm, between 2011 and 2012. Three of the nine excavated boats form the heart of a new permanent exhibition at Peterborough’s Flag Fen Archaeology Park, representing “an extraordinary window into our prehistoric past”.
“This is our heritage, this is what our ancestors were doing 3,000 years ago,” said general manager Jacqueline Mooney. “Nowhere in the world is there another collection of so many man-made log boats.
For more information on the new exhibition see BBC news : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crexlyz7pe3o
Visit Flag Fen website: https://flagfen.org.uk/bronze-age-boat-discoveries