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New Video – Durobrivae Excavation
A new video is available showing the latest excavation of the Roman town of Durobrivae at Water Newton, near Peterborough. Apart from a...
Jan 13


NVAT helps find local home for the Stoke Doyle Hoard
A Bronze Age hoard discovered at Stoke Doyle in September 2020 is now on display at the Oundle Museum. The Museum is open every Saturday...
Aug 1, 2024


Ermine Street Guard at Flag Fen
The Ermine Street Guard bring the Roman army to life, and they are coming to Flag Fen on 1st and 2nd June. The Guard are renowned for...
May 11, 2024


Archaeological Archive Project
An ambitious project is underway at Peterborough Museum to consolidate its archived materials. These include finds from many local...
Mar 4, 2024


St Kyneburgha Trust Talks
There are two upcoming talks being organised by the St Kyneburgha Building Preservation Trust. The first is being given by Susan...
Feb 5, 2024


Stanwick Hall Research Excavations
New insights into Nene Valley archaeology are promised by a project being run at Stanwick Hall over the next few years. The objective is...
Jan 10, 2024


Remembering Geoff Dannell
On Sunday 22nd October following the 2023 NVAT Conference in Peterborough, friends and family gathered at Castor to remember Geoff...
Nov 19, 2023


Archaeology and Antiquarianism
The Nene Valley Archaeological Trust has announced its 2023 Conference. It is 200 years since the launch of a landmark archaeological...
Jul 6, 2023


Durobrivae - New Mag Survey Images
Our knowledge of the area immediately to the south east of the walled town of Durobrivae has been enhanced by a magnetometry survey...
Jan 21, 2023


Geoff Dannell - A dominant figure in Nene Valley archaeology
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Geoffrey Brian Dannell. As a member of the NVAT (and its precursors) since 1966...
Jul 4, 2022


What did the Romans do for us?
This is one of the questions asked by Stephen Upex in his new publication "The Romans in the Nene Valley". Published jointly by the Nene...
Mar 1, 2022


Walking in Time - Heritage Trails
The Nene Park Trust and the Nene Valley Archaeological Trust have published a series of four heritage trails which feature the history...
Feb 28, 2022


On-line lectures from the St Kyneburgha Trust
The St Kyneburgha Building Preservation Trust has worked closely with NVAT over recent years and you may be interested to join two...
Apr 28, 2021


Obituary - Adrian Challands
Adrian Challands, son of James and Ivy, husband of Norma, and brother to Vivienne, died at the age of 76 on Christmas Day 2020. Born and...
Jan 21, 2021


An Exciting New Publication
NVAT is delighted to announce the long awaited publication of the Orton Meadows Neolithic and Bronze Age burial site excavated by the...
Jan 10, 2021


Burial at Ferry Meadows
In order to free up archive space at Peterborough Museum the NVAT organised the re-burial of ‘surplus’ archaeological material from the...
Sep 29, 2020


Cancelled Conference 2020
NVAT would like to thank all those who bought tickets for this conference and then donated the return value to our funds. This has enabled N
Apr 14, 2020


2019 Durobrivae Dig Report Published
For the first time in nearly 200 years excavations were carried out in 2019 within the walled Roman town of Durobrivae near Peterborough....
Jan 20, 2020


Nassington Roman Barn - Interim Report
The MidNAG investigation of an Iron Age and Roman rural landscape near Nassington has involved an annual community led excavation each...
Dec 20, 2019


"New" Image of Artis Discovered
At the recent Peterborough Heritage Festival, Tim Halliday, who is a local historian, visited the NVAT stall with an interesting story. He t
Nov 24, 2019


Peterborough - "Town Volume"
As well as initiating a major new programme of investigation at Durobrivae, the NVAT has been active in ensuring earlier archaeological...
Nov 23, 2019


An Evening with Professor Francis Pryor
Spend an evening in the company of Francis Pryor MBE. Famously known to many as the discoverer of Flag Fen Bronze Age Settlement in...
Oct 30, 2019


First News from 2019 Excavation
More than 100 people squeezed into the church of St Remigius at Water Newton on Saturday afternoon. They were drawn there to hear...
Oct 22, 2019


Support by the Francis and Maisie Pryor Charitable Trust
NVAT is delighted to be awarded a Grant of £1,000 from the Francis and Maisie Pryor Charitable Trust. We are very grateful for this...
Aug 4, 2019
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