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  • Vindolanda
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  • Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort (castrum) just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Located near the modern village of Bardon Mill, it guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth. It is noted for the Vindolanda tablets, among the most important finds of military and private correspondence (written on wooden tablets) found anywhere in the Roman Empire.
  • Vindolanda was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall. In 1973, wooden writing tablets were excavated at Vindolanda.
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map caption
  • Shown within Northumberland
map size
  • 200
open to public
  • Yes
Name
  • Vindolanda
Type
Caption
  • Military bathhouse at Vindolanda
Condition
  • Ruined
Latitude
  • 54.990200
map type
  • Northumberland
Located
Longitude
  • -2.367100
controlledby
  • Vindolanda Trust
Location
  • Chesterholm, Northumberland, England
abstract
  • Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort (castrum) just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Located near the modern village of Bardon Mill, it guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth. It is noted for the Vindolanda tablets, among the most important finds of military and private correspondence (written on wooden tablets) found anywhere in the Roman Empire.
  • Vindolanda was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall. In 1973, wooden writing tablets were excavated at Vindolanda.