27/07/2012
Bring the family and stay at the Caistor Hall Hotel while enjoying the digging and culture event – kids* have free ice-cream with their evening meal! Call us now to make a booking on
01508 494998 or email us: [email protected]
(*children between 0-12years only, room categories and room rates subject to availability).
Latest News...Caistor Roman Project – 2012
The Caistor Roman Project’s last digging season at Caistor will begin on 11th August. The dig will be open to the public 7 days a week between 9.30am and 5pm, Saturday 11th August to Saturday 1st September.
Special family open days will take place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August, with activities such as a ‘mock dig’ where children can try their hands at the 'real' thing and face painting - more details.
A leaflet about the project is available here.
Discover more about the fascinating history of Venta Icenorum!
The Roman town of Venta Icenorum, which lies buried beneath quiet fields at Caistor St Edmund to the south of Norwich, is one of only three Roman regional capitals in the UK that is not overlain by modern settlement.