Norfolk Archaeological Trust Sites

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About Norfolk Archaeological Trust Sites

The aim of this group is to have a show case for images of the eight sites in the care of the Trust, they are all open to the public to visit and enjoy.

The group pool is open to photographs, artworks and videos of the Trusts sites all are welcome.

The Norfolk Archaeological Trust is dedicated to protecting Norfolk's past for the future, by conserving some of Norfolk's precious archaeological sites and making the past more accessible for the public to enjoy.

Currently the trust has ownership of eight archaeological sites at:

BURGH CASTLE near Great Yarmouth the remarkable Roman fort, nearly 2000 years old and the surrounding land. The fort walls are in the care of English Heritage.
www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/burgh/index.htm

CAISTOR St EDMUND near Norwich a large part of the Roman capital of Norfolk, once called Venta Icenorum. In dry weather you can actually see the lines of the Roman streets in the grass!
www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/caistor/index.htm

TASBURGH CAMP south of Norwich a fort with earth ramparts, probably Iron Age.
www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/tasburgh/index.htm

BINHAM PRIORY in north Norfolk the ruins of the Benedictine monastery in the care of English Heritage
www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/binham/index.htm

St BENET'S ABBEY in the Broads the Benedictine Abbey in the Broads with the famous gatehouse and windmill so often seen in watercolour landscape paintings.
www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/stbenets/index.htm

BLOODGATE HILL, South Creake in north Norfolk site of an eroded Iron Age fort rescued from further plough damage.
www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/bloodgate/index.htm

FILBY CHAPEL near Great Yarmouth the foundations of a sequence of Unitarian chapels with their eighteenth-century grave slabs in a peaceful meadow.
www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/filby/index.htm

MIDDLETON MOUNT near Kings Lynn In Middleton, near Kings Lynn close to the A47, is this Norman motte and bailey earthwork castle, dating from the late 11 th or early 12 th centuries.
www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/middletonmount/index.htm

Visit their website to find out more about the work of the Trust and membership

http://www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/index.htm