The replica is based on an Iron Age roundhouse unearthed near the important Bronze Age site.
Jacquie Mooney said she was "just so thankful to the volunteers who helped build the house, some have been in every day"A fire will have to be lit in the roundhouse every week "to kill any bugs in the roof"
Mrs Mooney said: "We've been supported by a fantastic bunch of volunteers, about 20 at one stage, but Emma Bothamley, Arthur Randall and Katherine Piper have been just complete troopers in all weathers, hot or cold, working their socks off." Flag Fen has been described as one of the most important Bronze Age archaeological sites in Britain, and its centrepiece is the remains of a stilted wooden causeway that was built over the marshy landscape.
Excavation of the causeway began in 1982 when millions of preserved timbers covering more than half a mile of Fenland were found. "About 10,000 school children visit every year and they will now have an Iron Age roundhouse to visit alongside replica Stone Age and Bronze Age houses," she said.Many archaeological discoveries have been made at Flag Fen, including a timber causeway that used to stretch across the marshy fenland
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