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September 7, 2016 Posted in Platform | Leave a commentFragment of large storage jar
September 7, 2016Fragment of large storage jar with charred grain adhered to the interior
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September 7, 2016Three pots found stacked inside one another
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September 7, 2016Small, fineware pot beneath Roundhouse One
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September 7, 2016Area of foot and hoof prints outside of the palisade
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September 7, 2016Wooden wheel discovered in the western area of the settlement
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September 7, 2016Small amber bead from Roundhouse One
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September 7, 2016Area of extremely well preserved wattle panelling
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September 7, 2016Finely worked wooden box fragments from Roundhouse One
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September 7, 2016Wooden trough/platter with residues inside
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September 7, 2016Very fine ball of thread, recovered from remains of Roundhouse One
Posted in Platform | Leave a commentFragment of extremely fine woven textile
September 7, 2016 Posted in Platform | Leave a commentBronze spearhead
September 7, 2016 Posted in Platform | Leave a commentSocketed axe
September 7, 2016Late Bronze Age socketed axe, in occupation material.
Posted in Platform | Leave a commentStitched bark platter
September 7, 2016 Posted in Platform | Leave a commentRemains of a necklace
September 7, 2016Remains of a necklace comprised of amber, jet and glass beads.
Posted in Platform | Leave a commentSmall fineware pot
September 7, 2016Small fineware pot
Posted in Platform | Leave a commentLate Bronze Age socketed axe
September 7, 2016Late Bronze Age socketed axe found beneath a roundhouse.
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September 7, 2016Broken Bronze sword section, found in the settlement.
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September 2, 2016Late Bronze Age socketed axe, still hafted.
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October 23, 2015Late Bronze Age “poppyhead” cup”
Posted in Platform | Leave a commentExcavation Section
October 23, 2015Section of excavation showing the different silt deposits
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October 23, 2015Tip of timber upright from settlement
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October 23, 2015Blue glass bead
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October 23, 2015Closely woven charred textile
Posted in Platform | Leave a commentSettlement debris
October 23, 2015Burnt layer of settlement debris including complete pots.
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October 23, 2015Close-up shot of Bronze sickle from fire-damaged settlement.
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October 23, 2015Bronze spearhead with charred remains of spear shaft
Posted in Platform | Leave a commentBronze cast sickle
October 23, 2015Bronze cast sickle before being lifted
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October 23, 2015Ash palisade post with tool marks
Posted in Platform | Leave a commentBronze sword
June 8, 2012Wilburton type sword found with rivets and fragment of lead pommel.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentGrooved Ware Potsherds
June 8, 2012Sherds of Grooved Ware pottery from a small pit which also contained Auroch and Wild Boar bones. The pottery adds to a growing collection of ‘dry’ occupation debris buried beneath the peat … read more
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentFish weir
June 8, 2012One of series of V-shaped barriers or weirs that crossed the course of the channel. The weirs were constructed off-site as long sections of hurdles before being slotted into position using deeply … read more
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentLogboat (Boat 8)
June 8, 2012Length 4.78m; Width 0.42m; Depth 0.10m
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentLogboat (Boat 7)
June 8, 2012Length 2.25m; Width 0.56m; Depth 0.15m.
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June 8, 2012Length 6.25m; Width 0.71m; Depth 0.31m
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentLogboat (Boat 5)
June 8, 2012Length 3.94m; Width 0.35m; Depth 0.25m.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentFish bone
June 8, 2012Along with the fish weirs and fish traps the evidence for fishing included the skeletal remains of Pike, Perch, Carp and Smelt. Caches of pike mandibles replete with large sharp teeth were … read more
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentPeterborough Ware Bowl
June 8, 2012Small undecorated bowl (20cm diameter) found beside a crouched inhumation situated at the centre of an Oval Barrow. The barrow survived intact beneath the peat and was encircled by a causewayed ring-ditch.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentFish trap
June 8, 2012One of eighteen traps identified within the Must Farm palaeochannel. Though to be a Eel trap on the basis of its closed-weave design and by historical precedent.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentCrouched burial
June 8, 2012Crouched burial located at the centre of a Oval Barrow situated along the northern edge of the Neolithic course of the River Nene. The barrow was completely buried beneath the peat and … read more
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentLogboat (Boat 4)
June 8, 2012Length 8.42m; Width 0.85m; Depth 0.12m
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentLogboat (Boat 3)
June 8, 2012Possibly the earliest known example of a transom-built boat in the UK found at the bottom of the Must Farm channel. Length 4.34m; Width 0.70m; Depth 0.30m.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentAnimal tracks
June 8, 2012Mass of cloven-hoof prints cutting the old land surface at the bottom of the Flag Fen Basin; cow, pig and deer prints have been identified although the former (cow and pig) might … read more
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentDead hedge
June 8, 2012Preserved wooden fence lines or ‘dead-hedges’. The stake & brushwood built boundaries delineated a series of small paddocks located along the increasingly wet Early Bronze Age river valley.
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June 8, 2012‘Pencil-point’ posts forming a palisaded enclosure around a raised settlement over the channel. Wood chips derived from the making of the sharpened ends were found preserved close by.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentBronze sickle
June 8, 2012Bronze cast sickle found amongst the charred remains of a raised settlement situated above the channel. One of several bronze tools (awls, punches, gouges, chisels etc) deposited along with the rest of … read more
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentBronze spearhead
June 8, 2012The charred remains of the spear shaft was found still lodged inside the spearhead socket illustrating that it too was a victim of the inferno that destroyed the settlement.
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentLogboat (Boat 2)
June 8, 2012Small double prow-built logboat complete with puddled-clay repairs. This boat was found atop of a collapsed fish weir. Length 5.44m; Width 0.68m; Depth 0.23m
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentIron Age Potsherd
June 8, 2012Rim sherds of small Early Iron Age jar found in channel sediments.
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