The Culver Archaeological Project began in the summer of 2005, launched in the wake of extensive excavations at the nearby Barcombe Roman Villa. From humble beginnings (a single hand-dug trial trench in a conveniently empty patch of sweetcorn field), the project has since flourished and now operates an annual season of open excavation and survey from our base at Culver Farm.

The project set out to place the villa in its wider archaeological landscape, by identifying and understanding contemporary evidence of activity – this is still very much our mission, but the wealth of archaeological remains so far encountered has forced us to widen our perspective. To date, the Culver Archaeological Project can count a Roman Road, Roman industry, Bronze Age Cremations, water-logged wood and a Mesolithic flint site among its numerous successes. Please see our Project Info section for more information on the project and site, and please see our About Us section for details on our staff.

A report on the events of 2009 and further information will be added to our Project Info section soon. Feel free to get in touch with us via our Contact Us section. We will be happy to answer general questions on the Project, as well as discussing last year's developments and applications for this year's dig.

2009 excavations completed in September. Places will be available next year for 2010 excavations. In the meantime you can find further information in our Get Involved section, where you can also find information on the site and forms for application.

You can follow progress on the Culver Project via our blog at www.culverproject.com/blog. You can also subscribe to the related RSS feed.

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excavations under way at the Culver Project in 2007