Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre Complex
Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE)·Deverel-Rimbury·🇬🇧 Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom
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About Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre in Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE) ancient village attributed to Deverel-Rimbury culture. Detailed survey and excavation document architectural phasing. The site includes a principal feature and ancillary settlement or ceremonial elements.
Why it mattersKey Deverel-Rimbury site illustrating Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE) ancient-village traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Deverel-Rimbury
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1350 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE)
- Culture
- Deverel-Rimbury
- Purpose
- Timber causeway and platform over fen with votive deposits
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1350 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
52.5744° N · 0.1908° W · 175 m · 3 mapped features
- Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre — Principal FeaturestructurePrimary ancient-village feature at Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre52.5752° N · 0.1900° W
- Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary complex at Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre with settlement traces52.5737° N · 0.1914° W
- Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre — Outlierrock artOutlier alignment or rock art at Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre52.5755° N · 0.1918° W
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