News & blogs

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/

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  

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...

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...

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....

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...

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   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...

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 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.

There will be a Bone Identification workshop with Paul Clarkson on the 27th March from 9.30 – 12 ish at Great Moulton Chapel. Some of you will have attended the excellent presentation given by Paul, who did the professional report on the 2016 bone assemblage from...