Fengate is a predominantly industrial area of the city of

Peterborough Peterborough ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is north of London, on the River Nene. A ...

, in the

district, in the ceremonial county of

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...

, England. For electoral purposes it forms part of Peterborough East ward. The industrial estate is known as Eastern Industry.

Peterborough Power Station Peterborough Power Station is a 360MW gas-fired power station at Eastern Industry, Fengate, Peterborough, Fengate in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. It employs around forty people. The power station was commissi ...

is located here. Flag Fen, the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

archaeological site, was discovered here in 1982 when a team led by Dr. Francis Pryor carried out a survey of dykes in the area. Probably religious, it comprises many poles arranged in five long rows, connecting

Whittlesey Whittlesey (also Whittlesea) is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland District, Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. Whittlesey is east of Peterborough. The population of the parish was 17,667 at the 2021 Census. Toponymy W ...

with Peterborough across the wet fenland. This structure has been compared in rarity and importance to the Balbridie site in

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. The museum exhibits many of the artefacts found, including what is believed to be the oldest wheel in Britain. An exposed section of the

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

road known as the Fen Causeway also crosses the site. Pryor, Francis ''Flag Fen: Life and Death of a Prehistoric Landscape'' Tempus Publishing, Stroud, 2005

References

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