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Fenscapes Archaeology Project

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Exploring archaeology and past environments in the Fens of Eastern England. Project based at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

WOW! It works for the Fens too 🦦🚣‍♀️

A silly meme depicting an otter and an unmemorable mnemonic for naming the rivers of the Fens - River Witham, River Welland, River Nene, River Great Ouse, River Cam, River Lark, River Little Ouse, River Wissey, River Nar: Roman Roads Really Ran Right Resiliently

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

What a contrast! From a real pea-souper (thick fog) to endless blue skies in the space of a morning. Hope it's as sunny wherever you are 🌞😎 #FenlandFriday

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Spotted as soon as we set foot onto a fenland field... #flint

Dorsal side of a utilised flake found in fenland field. A piece of dark brown to black struck flint, with off-white cortex and some abrupt retouch at the bottom, above which are a series of regular nearly vertical flake scars showing where earlier flakes have been removed.

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The #Fens or the metro map of a watery metropolis? 🌊🏙️🚇 The complexity and interconnectedness of the Fens is strikingly illustrated in Arup's schematic map of the region's water infrastructure This and much more to ponder #Fens2100+ Baseline Report 🔗👇 www.gov.uk/government/p...

A schematic map in a style similar to a metro/underground map, showing showing the network of rivers, drains and other water infrastructure in the Fens of eastern England

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Could stare at this for hours... #roddons #fenland

Visualisation of LIDAR of an area between Whittlesey and March in Cambridgeshire, showing a complex multi-phase network of former creeks and river channels surviving as subtly raised banks (highlighted in yellow) standing slightly proud of the subsiding fields around them (dark blue tones)

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Happy World Wetlands Day! 🌍 🏛️💧🌱 Did you know about the variety of wetlands that exist around the East Anglian Fens? These incredible habitats preserve evidence of past environmental change & human activity over thousands of years, as well as being vital for biodiversity, water & carbon management

A metal peat sampler laying on grass. The sampler contains a core of wood peat - the base of the core, to the left, is pale grey sandy clay which is overlain by dark brown peat containing pale yellow wood fragments

A view of the artificially-straightened River Nene, looking downstream. The river channel runs from the foreground through the centre of the picture into the flat horizon. Either side of the river are fields - pasture to the right, and arable fields to the left. Also to the left of the riverbank are two yellow dredging machines.

Two people pushing an auger into the ground at Wicken Fen. In the foreground is an orange bag containing coring equipment. Beneath a blue sky with fluffy white clouds, a mowed droveway stretches off towards the horizon, flanked on either sides by reeds.

View across part of Dersingham Bog. In the foreground are dark pools of water, surrounded by mosses and heather. The tussocky bog stretches away from the viewer towards a line of pine and birch trees that surround the bog.

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Curved Romanesque arches, the ruined remains of 12th century parts of Crowland Abbey

The blue and red coat of arms of Crowland Abbey and an image of St Guthlac

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Paid an impromptu visit to Crowland Abbey this afternoon. One of the most important medieval religious centres in the Ferns. Looking very picturesque in the autumn afternoon sun today 👌

View of the ruins of Crowland Abbey, with the church beyond

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Day 2 at 50 Years of Discovery in Norwich. Dr Neal Payne presenting a first glimpse of our huge new environmental archaeological database, that illustrates the history of farming and ecology in the Fens stretching back thousands of years! 🌾🐏🐄

Dr Neal Payne standing by his conference poster

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

... and of course #mustfarm another illustration of the far-reaching impact of the archaeology of the #flagfenbasin

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Fenscapes Archaeology Project @fenscapes.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

First talk at the 50 Years of Discovery conference in Norwich, and the Fens already get an honourable mention in Prof Carenza Lewis's top 20 sites in East Anglia! #flagfen #fenland

Prof Carenza Lewis giving a conference presentation

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