News & blogs
News
Season Blogs
News about the project is distributed to members via the Caistor Clarion, an email newsletter that normally goes out approximately once a month (and more frequently if there is a lot going on). News of wider public interest is also posted here.
CRP Recent Finds
A new section has been added to this website to share details of recent finds. The fist one is live now. Please go to the Recent Finds section under the Resources tab. https://caistorromanproject.org/resources/
End of Dig Blog
The summer dig fieldwork has now finished and the dig blog is complete. Click below for the final version: https://crp23chhblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/09/excavation-blog-summer-2023/
Roman Caistor: Town’s Iron Age past being unearthed in dig
Article from the BBC online news about the 2023 CRP summer dig at the Caistor Hall Hotel Click below to access the article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-66548545
The 2023 Hotel excavation – a personal view from the chair.
What an excellent dig season! Thanks to the support from the hotel owners and their staff, we had a lot of ‘happy smiling people’ both in our membership as well as from the public who visited us. The archaeology was good too, prompting our hope that we can negotiate a...
Booking Public Tours of August 2023 Excavation
This year Caistor Roman Project excavation is taking place between August 12th and 26th in the grounds of Caistor Hall Hotel, by kind permission of Brasted's. Public tours of the excavations will be available 16th-19th August and 21st-24th August. Admission is free...
Excavation Application – August 2023
The application form for this summer's dig is attached here. Please complete and return by email to Rhiane at rhianeCRP@outlook.com arriving no later than 4th Aug 2023. Excavation App Form CRP23 All those wishing to camp please let us know on your application email....
Its time to dig again ! ! !
CRP will be running this year's summer excavation in the paddock behind the Caistor Hall Hotel - the field where you may remember we dug some test pits in 2020. The digging dates will be from Saturday 12 August to Sunday 27th August and there will also be work to do...
CRP Volunteers dig With Norvic Archaeology at Oxburgh Hall
Norvic Archaeology The archaeological test-pits at Oxburgh Hall are now complete and backfilled. Thanks to all the National Trust volunteers who took part and a special thank you to the Caistor Roman Project members who shared their time and experience on the project...
Test pitting at Friston Field
Test pitting at Friston Field Dust off your trowels! We will be digging some test pits around the perimeter of Friston Field on the weekends of 13th/14th and 27th/28th of May. Anyone wishing to take part please email rhianecrp@outlook.com with the dates you are...
POTTERY WORKSHOP REVISITED
A handful of photos from the pottery workshop with Dr Alice Lyons where 35 CRP members gathered in Tasburgh Village Hall for a day that was much more fun than these photos suggest.
CRP BARN REOPENS FOR SPRING on 30th MARCH
The CRP barn at Kirby Bedon will reopen on Thursday 30th March. Following the pottery workshop last Friday we will be cataloguing the pottery from the 2022 summer excavation at Friston Field Sessions are on Monday, Thursday and Saturday mornings from 9.30 to 12ish...
Dr Alice Lyons Pottery Workshop 24th March
Dr Alice Lyons will lead a pottery identification workshop for CRP members at the CRP Barn on Friday 24th March from 10am to 3 pm. This will be a popular event and numbers will be limited so please contact Andy Woodman andywoodman@hotmail.com to reserve a place.
2021 Season blog
Back for a third year in the Temple Field, August 2021.
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2021 Season blog
Back for a third year in the Temple Field, August 2021.
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2021 Season blog
Back for a third year in the Temple Field, August 2021.
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2020 Season blog
Digging in the paddock behind the Caistor Hall Hotel, August 2020.
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2019 Season blog
Digging the temple site in August 2019.
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2018 Season blog
Temple field in August 2018.
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2017 Season blog
Caistor Old Hall in 2017.
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2016 Season blog
Wymer Field in 2016
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2015 Season blog
Various 2014 activities
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2014 Season blog
Various 2014 activities
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2012 Season blog
2012 activities.
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2011 Season blog
2011 activities.
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2010 Season blog
2010 activities.
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2009 Season blog
2009 activities.
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