I visited Flag Fen near Peterborough on the 25th
August. This is where they have taken Seahenge.It was fortunate for me that I was able to visit on that day because the
Channel Four Time Team were there filming Seahenge and this enabled me to see and talk to
Flag Fen's Maisie Taylor and Francis Pryor, and also Mark Brennand the archaeologist who
led the excavation team at Holme-Next-The-Sea. They gave me, individually, a lot of
their time and each spoke openly on the subject of the removal and preservation of
Seahenge.
But first I went to find the timbers . . .
The Seahenge
posts had been cleaned and placed in tanks of fresh running water in an open sided wooden
barn.
There is a well shaped end showing in the centre of the above picture. I reminded
myself that these timbers are 4000 years old!
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The bark on each of the posts is very well preserved and can be seen on the
timbers as they rest on the bottom of the tanks
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An enlargement of the above timber showing the preserved
bark.
I had to walk
to another part of the Flag Fen site to find the root which had been placed inside a large
closed barn. It rests in a tank and is continually sprayed with water.
The base of the upturned root being
manually sprayed in its quarters
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