News & blogs

Research and excavation at Caistor Hall Hotel May, 2022 Those of you who have previously worked at Caistor Hall Hotel will have heard talk of the Roman ‘mausoleum’ that lies in the wooded area between the lawn and the field. It was originally dug in 1846 and appears...

Barn Reopening As you can tell from the sunny weather it’s nearly Spring and the CRP Barn at Kirby Bedon will reopen in March We meet on Monday and Thursday mornings from 9.30 to 12 ish. The first session will be on Monday 7th March. The focus for the spring will be...

Booking is now open for Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society’s day conference to be held at UEA, on Saturday 9 April on Community Archaeology. Booking is now open at www.nnas.info/activities The themes of the day will be: Community and Diversity Specialisms...

CRP members got 2022 off to a fast start with a thorough metal detecting survey (with permission) of the paddock behind the Caistor Hall Hotel as the hotel had cut the grass. Some interesting finds and a lot of rubbish as usual. Setting out an enormous grid in a cold...

The recording of the July 2021 Members Briefing via Zoom with feedback on the Temple 2019 excavations can be accessed via the following link: https://youtu.be/ZUQ1bOjMrVM

During the 2021 lockdown we hosted a number of Zoom based talks given by CRP members. Here are the links to 3 of them: Ian’s Coins Talk https://youtu.be/Oo45D5dyiV8 Wendy & Rob’s Tas Valley Talk https://youtu.be/mXXAvD33hLk Lynda’s Bones Talk...

The Zoom based member's briefing on 1st December was a great success with over 50 members tuning in. For those who were unable to join the meeting here is a link to the (unedited) video which is now hosted on YouTube https://youtu.be/yIVi9Gwyvpc

There are a couple of interesting (if a tad old) TV shows on our very own Venta Icenorum accessible via YouTube. You can go direct by cutting and pasting the following links: Michael Wood's BBC episode from the early 1980s entitled "In Search of Boadicea"...

Members are reminded that we shall be having a members briefing on Wed 1st December at 7pm. It had been intended to hold this face to face at Caistor Hall Hotel. However, with continuing works at the hotel and uncertainties with alternative accommodation for large...

You can follow out progress on this summer's excavation at Temple Field via our excavation blog. The link to the blog is https://templefield2021.wordpress.com.    

Sadly because of on-going issues with Covid-19 it has been decided – in common with other archaeological groups across the country – that general public access will not be possible this year. However, we plan to make information about the dig available via various...

The final report from the 2016 excavations at Wymer Field, Castor St Edmund has now been published and can be found in the publications section of this website