Vindolanda, Roman fort and archaeological site in Northumberland, England
The archaeological complex includes military barracks, civilian houses, workshops, granaries, and defensive walls extending across multiple excavation levels.
Built in 85 CE along the Stanegate road, Vindolanda served as a strategic garrison for Roman legions controlling northern Britain before Hadrian's Wall construction.
The Vindolanda tablets, thin wooden letters written in ancient Roman cursive, document military orders, personal correspondence, and daily activities of soldiers and civilians.
The site contains a museum displaying thousands of Roman artifacts, reconstructed buildings, and ongoing archaeological excavations open to public viewing.
Multiple fort reconstructions through centuries created nine distinct occupation layers, preserving organic materials like leather and wood in oxygen-free soil conditions.
Location: Henshaw
Inception: 85
Part of: Stanegate, Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestones, Samian Research
Website: https://vindolanda.com
GPS coordinates: 54.99020,-2.36710
Latest update: May 26, 2025 21:23
Sycamore Gap Tree
1.5 km
Housesteads Roman Fort
3.4 km
Milecastle 39
1.6 km
Castra Vindolanda
456 m
Knag Burn Gateway
3.7 km
Milecastle 37
3.1 km
Milecastle 38
2 km
Vindolanda Museum
632 m
Milecastle 40
2.4 km
Ridley Railway Bridge
3.2 km
Ridley Bridge
3.5 km
Millhouse Bridge
2.5 km
Church of St Cuthbert
3.3 km
Church of All Hallows
1.9 km
Vindolanda Museum
454 m
Bardon Mill signal box
2.1 km
Housesteads Mithraeum
3.3 km
Bardon Mill War Memorial
2.2 km
Hadrians Wall Milecastles And Turrets
2.3 km
Crindledykes Lime Kiln
1.6 km
Housesteads fort, section of Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of milecastle 36 and the field boundary west of turret 37a in wall miles 36 and 37
3.2 km
Uninscribed Roman milestone at Codley Gate (Vindolanda)
631 m
Stone circle, defended settlement, Romano-British farmstead and field system, Roman camp and group of shielings immediately sout
3.5 km
Hadrian's Wall and associated features between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park in wall
1.6 km
Milestone, Winshields
2.7 km
Willimontswick Farmhouse
2.7 km
Willimontswick Gatehouse And Adjacent Ranges
2.6 km
Causeway House And Loose Box Adjoining On East
338 mReviews
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