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Vacancy – Volunteer Coordinator
Norfolk Archaeological Trust is a charitable trust that wishes to appoint a Volunteer Coordinator to help the Trust to support its current volunteer base (circa 80 volunteers) and develop and recruit new volunteers to support its conservation aims. The successful...
NAT’s Director to step down in January
Norfolk Archaeological Trust’s Director for the past six years, Caroline Davison, will be stepping down from her role at the end of January 2021 to pursue her writing career. Her connection with NAT began in 2012 when she project managed the community engagement...
Film release: ‘The Return of Happy Times’: an insight into the Burgh Castle Almanac
Recorded over the past year, this moving and uplifting film – the title is taken from a saying on a Roman coin the Burgh Castle Almanac (BCA) group found at the Fort – illustrates the kind of activities the BCA have been involved in, with members also explaining how...
Hidden stories and mysterious soundscapes in September
Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,000 organisations, 5,500 events and 46,000 volunteers. This year’s festival, which starts on September 11, will be a bit different, due to Covid-19. As the organisers...
Caistor Roman Town : New Guide!
We are very pleased to announce publication of a new guide for Caistor Roman Town: Venta Icenorum; A brief history of Caistor Roman Town. In July 1928, an RAF aerial reconnaissance flight captured a remarkable series of images showing the streets and buildings of a...
CBA’s digital Festival of Archaeology 11th to 19th July
The Council for British Archaeology's annual Festival of Archaeology is back for its 29th year in 2020 offering hundreds more opportunities to get involved in archaeology across the UK - but this year's Festival will be slightly different due to the current...
Seen from above
This month Natalie Butler, NAT’s new volunteer co-ordinator, looks at St Benet’s Abbey from an unusual angle: 'One of the pleasures of my new job is reacquainting myself with some of Norfolk's most significant archaeological sites. Last week I visited St Benet’s Abbey...
‘A feeling of belonging’
Over the past two years the Burgh Castle Almanac project, led by the Restoration Trust, has been supporting people who experience mental illness through a creative approach to exploring the history and landscapes of the Roman Fort. Before the coronavirus outbreak this...
Burgh Castle Fort and Caistor Roman Town car parks re-open
In line with updated government advice on permitted travel to outdoor space, the NAT car parks at Burgh Castle Fort and Caistor Roman Town reopened on Wednesday May 13th. If you visit any of our sites please ensure that you continue to maintain physical distancing of...
New face at NAT
We’re pleased to announce that we have appointed a new Volunteer Co-ordinator, Natalie Butler, who will be working 2.5 days a week for NAT. Although not very much volunteer activity is possible at the moment she will spend the next few weeks getting to know NAT’s...
Coronavirus update: Car parks closed at Caistor Roman Town and Burgh Castle Fort
In line with government and police advice to stay local and observe social distancing, the car park at Caistor Roman Town will be closed from today (Wednesday 1 April), until further notice. The car park at Burgh Castle Fort has already been closed. Please check our...
Coronavirus update: Burgh Castle Fort car park closure
In the light of local concerns about the high number of visitors continuing to drive to Burgh Castle Fort, NAT will regretfully be closing the car park there from this evening (Friday 27 March 2020), until further notice, to discourage travel. This is in line with...
Events
Hidden stories and mysterious soundscapes in September
Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,000 organisations, 5,500 events and 46,000 volunteers. This year’s festival, which starts on September 11, will be a bit different, due to Covid-19. As the organisers...
Coronavirus update: guided tours and school visits cancelled
In light of the current coronavirus crisis Norfolk Archaeological Trust has taken the decision to cancel our volunteer-led guided tours and schools activities which were programmed to start at Burgh Castle Fort, Caistor Roman Town and St Benet’s Abbey at Easter. This...
Norfolk Archaeological Trust blog
Beginnings and endings
As it’s January, named after Janus the Roman god of doorways, entrances and exits, beginnings and endings, and because I’m leaving NAT at the end of this month, it’s inevitable that I want to look both back and forward in this, my last, blog. Looking back over the...
On the particular
In the run up to Christmas it’s natural to reflect on the year that has passed, and to start plans for the future. As many of you know, I’m leaving NAT at the end of January, so it's been particularly poignant over recent weeks to visit sites for last inspections...
On streamlining lumps and bumps
The consultation period for the government’s Planning for the Future White Paper closed at the end of October. The stated aims of the proposals issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are ‘to streamline and modernise the planning process,...
‘bleated-into, grassy spaces’
Last month I visited Middleton Mount to carry out my regular site inspection and was accompanied by these inquisitive creatures. I’m always very happy to see the arrival of the sheep here in August when they begin their job of tidying up the long grass and smoothing...
Hidden stories and mysterious soundscapes in September
Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,000 organisations, 5,500 events and 46,000 volunteers. This year’s festival, which starts on September 11, will be a bit different, due to Covid-19. As the organisers...
Access: finding a balance
A phenomenon of the COVID-19 crisis has been a nation-wide increase in visits to outdoor spaces. This is reflected in the high numbers of people visiting national parks, city parks and beaches as seen on the news. We have also seen increases in visitors to NAT sites,...
Seen from above
This month Natalie Butler, NAT’s new volunteer co-ordinator, looks at St Benet’s Abbey from an unusual angle: 'One of the pleasures of my new job is reacquainting myself with some of Norfolk's most significant archaeological sites. Last week I visited St Benet’s Abbey...
‘A feeling of belonging’
Over the past two years the Burgh Castle Almanac project, led by the Restoration Trust, has been supporting people who experience mental illness through a creative approach to exploring the history and landscapes of the Roman Fort. Before the coronavirus outbreak this...