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Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it pre-dated. [ note 1 ] Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD.
In April 2018, a five-year archaeological research excavation began at the Roman fort Vindolanda in Northern England, south of Hadrian's Wall and near Bardon Mill in Northumberland. The archaeological team from the Vindolanda Trust, along with volunteers, were exploring the Severan period (circa 208-212 AD) of the area known for rebellion ...
The wooden tablets found at Vindolanda were the first known surviving examples of the use of ink letters in the Roman period. The use of ink tablets was documented in contemporary records; Herodian in the 3rd century describes "a writing-tablet of the kind that were made from lime-wood, cut into thin sheets and folded face-to-face by being bent".
Vindolanda, a fort on the Stanegate Roman road pre-dating Hadrian's Wall nearby, with exceptional Roman finds in its museum; Vindobala, Roman fort at Rudchester; Whitley Castle, also known as Epiacum, a Roman fort at the southern edge of Northumberland on the Maiden Way Roman road, with remarkable earthen ramparts
Albert Park tunnels – World War II civilian air raid shelters sealed in 1946 Te Wairoa – "The Buried Village", a Maori village buried by volcanic eruption in 1886 Wairau Bar – rivermouth site of pre-European Maori settlement
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Robin Edgar Birley OBE (19 January 1935 – 29 August 2018) [1] was a British archaeologist. He was the Director of Excavations at the Roman site of Vindolanda and head of the Vindolanda research committee.
Housesteads is a former farm whose ruins remain built up against the south gate of the Roman fort. The farm was purchased by the amateur historian John Clayton in 1838, to add to his collection of Roman Wall farms. The Roman site was cleared of later buildings by Clayton, and the present farmhouse built about 1860.