Well-preserved oak and maple boats used for transport and fishing to be displayed in Peterborough
After lying undisturbed in mud for more than 3,000 years, three rare bronze and iron age log boats have emerged to offer fresh insights into prehistoric life.
The boats were among nine discovered in a Cambridgeshire quarry 13 years ago – the largest group of prehistoric boats found in the same UK site. Most were well preserved, with one still able to float despite its long incarceration.
After conservation, three of the boats will go on public display for the first time on Friday. The others are still part of a conservation project at a specialist facility built at Flag Fen archaeology park, with work carried out by York Archaeological Trust and Peterborough city council.
The boats were excavated from the riverbed of an ancient, silted-up creek at Must Farm near Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.
