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ヴィンドランダ要塞
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ヴィンドランダ要塞

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Also known as Vindolanda Roman Fort, Chesterholm Roman Fort, Castra Vindolanda, Chesterholm-Vindolanda (Samian Ware Discovery Site)

Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort (castrum) just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD. Located near the modern village of Bardon Mill in Northumberland, it guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth. It is noted for the Vindolanda tablets, a set of wooden leaf-tablets that were, at the time of their discovery, the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain.

Key facts

Military installation.name
Vindolanda
Military installation.location
Bardon Mill, Northumberland, U.K.
Military installation.image
File:Kastell und Vicus von Vindolanda, Luftbild, 2010.jpg
Military installation.image_size
250px
Military installation.caption
Vindolanda from the air
Military installation.map_type
Northumberland
Military installation.map_relief
1
Military installation.map_size
200
Military installation.map_caption
Shown within Northumberland
Military installation.type
Roman fort
Military installation.condition
Derelict
Military installation.open_to_public
Yes
Military installation.controlledby
Vindolanda Trust
Military installation.website
https://www.vindolanda.com/

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Official website

Visit Vindolanda & the Roman Army Museum

Two award-winning museums along the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hadrian’s Wall, with an active archaeological site and ongoing research and conservation. An independent charity which continues to excavate, conserve, research and educate with money it raises from visitors to our sites.

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Wikidata facts

Located in
Henshaw
Official website
www.vindolanda.com
Image
Vindolanda bathhouse - 2007-05-19.jpg
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principal investigator
Eric Birley
Commons category
Vindolanda
postal code
NE47 7JN
inception
0085-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
0900-00-00
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