Must Farm

Must Farm
LocationWhittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England
Coordinates52°33′18.85″N 0°10′38.35″W / 52.5552361°N 0.1773194°W / 52.5552361; -0.1773194
History
MaterialWood
PeriodsBronze Age
Site notes
ArchaeologistsCambridge Archaeological Unit
Public accessNo
Websitewww.mustfarm.com

Must Farm is a Bronze Age archaeological site consisting of five houses raised on stilts above a river built around 950 BC in Cambridgeshire, England. The settlement is exceptionally well preserved because of its sudden destruction by catastrophic fire and subsequent collapse onto oxygen-depleted river silts.

The site is on the bed of a now-defunct river in Flag Fen basin, around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Flag Fen itself.

The site has been described as "Britain's Pompeii" because of its condition and was named Best Archaeological Project and Best Archaeological Discovery at the 2012 British Archaeological Awards, and Best Discovery at the 2016 Awards. An article describing the settlement won the Antiquity Prize 2020.