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Vindolanda and its setting

Vindolanda and its setting

Vindolanda and Rome

Excavations at Vindolanda

A guide to Vindolanda

History

Forts and military life

People

Documents

Reading the tablets

about this exhibition

An aerial view of Vindolanda, taken in 2001, showing the fort and vicus, and their surroundings

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An aerial view of Vindolanda, taken in 2001, showing the fort and vicus, and their surroundings

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Photograph D.Woolliscroft, © Vindolanda Trust

This section introduces Vindolanda and its setting in relation to Roman Britain and the Roman empire. It describes the situation of the fort, isolated on the edge of the Roman world but also enjoying close links to other frontier garrisons, to the province to the south and beyond. The story of the excavations is told, with special reference to the discovery of the tablets. You may also see the site as it is now preserved and take a tour of some of the visible archaeological features.

              

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