by Natasha Hutcheson | Sep 30, 2019 | Blogs
A few hundred meters to the northeast of Venta Icenorum – Caistor Roman Town – lie the remains of an extraordinary ‘Romano-Celtic’ temple site. In 2018, the Caistor Roman Project (CRP) community group undertook their initial investigation of the site,...
by Caroline Davison | Sep 2, 2019 | Blogs
This time last year the community around Burnham Norton Friary and Burnham Market school was preparing itself for an intense week of rehearsal for the Imagined Land pageant performance. This was the culmination of NAT’s project – led by Simon Floyd and funded by...
by Caroline Davison | Aug 1, 2019 | Blogs, News
Most of human history is, in fact, prehistoric. That is, before the Romans, our ancestors lived in societies that did not write things down. To find these ancestors we have to look across our landscapes, gather data, and use our imaginations. Sky widens, and the chain...
by Caroline Davison | Jul 1, 2019 | Blogs
Katie Phillips, NAT’s Volunteer Co-ordinator, reports on a unique event at St Benet’s Abbey: On Sunday 9th June The Friends of St Benet’s Abbey held two of five performances of their HLF funded community play – A Time to Gather Stones – in honour of the...
by admin | Jun 6, 2019 | Blogs
On June 10th we will be launching our new branding and website – an exciting moment! In the first of a series of occasional guest blogs the locally-based designer Nick Stone tells us why he enjoys working on heritage-related projects such as ours: A lot of the time,...
by admin | May 1, 2019 | Blogs
Last month the Friends of St Benet’s Abbey continued their celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the Abbey with a ‘Discovery day’: we welcomed an audience of around 100 to a series of talks, and a trip to the site with leading experts, to find out...
