News & blogs

Wendy Bylett has produced the following update on the CRP Landscape Project. Any new members  interested in participation please contact Wendy directly. The Landscape Group was renamed Farmstead Project in 2019 as it encompasses field surveys, landscape history and...

  We are grateful and delighted to have received financial support from The Veterans' Association to help our colleagues from the Royal British Legion and Operation Nightingale to participate in CRP activities “The Veterans' Foundation has been set up to help...

We will be digging on Friston Field. Caistor St Edmund from the 13th to 28th August 2022 To take part please complete the attached form and send it to Rhiane at rhianecrp@outlook.com Excavation App Form 22

A quick thank you from Mike Pinner to those who took part in the test pitting at Friston field on the weekend of 25th & 26th June. It was windy but no rain and good to get out in the field again. One test pit was a dud (as Franz digs to an appreciative audience...

Linda, Margaret and Andy did a car boot sale of unwanted stuff from the barn plus other tat. They raised nearly £60 and cleared some much needed space

Test Pitting opportunity at Friston Field in June As mentioned at the recent members'  meeting, we shall be undertaking some preliminary test pitting on Friston field. The work will initially take place on the weekend of 25th/26th June. As well as 'seasoned...

The photo blog is being put together but in the meantime here's a lovely short film courtesy on Ian MGM Jackson Caistor Hall Hotel 2022 Mausoleum Excavation - Small  

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