Vindolanda

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Roman auxiliary fort archaeological site scheduled monument

Vindolanda is a Roman auxiliary fort and settlement in northern England renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved archaeological remains, including the famous Vindolanda writing tablets.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Vindolanda Museum 1
Vindolanda Trust 1
Vindolanda tablets 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman auxiliary fort ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
abandoned 4th century AD ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriod Roman Britain ⓘ
builtBy Roman army ⓘ
constructionStart late 1st century AD ⓘ
continuousResearchExcavationsFrom 1970s ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfDiscovery Vindolanda tablets 1973 ⓘ
discovered Vindolanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vindolanda tablets
distanceFromHadriansWall approximately 1 mile south ⓘ
excavationsStart early 19th century ⓘ
firstFortBuilt c. AD 85–90 ⓘ
garrisonUnits cohors I Tungrorum ⓘ
other auxiliary cohorts over time ⓘ
gridReference NY 769 663 ⓘ
hasFeature bath house ⓘ
commanding officer's house ⓘ
defensive ditches ⓘ
granaries ⓘ
latrines ⓘ
principia (headquarters building) ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
roads ⓘ
stone fort ⓘ
timber forts ⓘ
vicus (civilian settlement) ⓘ
hasMuseum Roman Army Museum (nearby, same trust) ⓘ
Vindolanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vindolanda Museum
hasStratigraphy multiple successive forts and settlements ⓘ
knownFor Roman shoes and leatherwork ⓘ
Vindolanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vindolanda writing tablets

exceptional organic preservation ⓘ
textiles and wooden objects ⓘ
waterlogged archaeological deposits ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Northumberland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear Hadrian's Wall ⓘ
managedBy Vindolanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vindolanda Trust
modernExcavationsStart 1920s ⓘ
nearestSettlement Bardon Mill ⓘ
nearestTown Hexham ⓘ
offers volunteer excavation opportunities ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site

Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Roman frontier system in Britain
preservationConditions anaerobic waterlogged layers ⓘ
region North East England ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Frontiers of the Roman Empire
usedBy Roman auxiliary units ⓘ
writingTabletsContent duty rosters ⓘ
military correspondence ⓘ
personal letters ⓘ
supply lists ⓘ
writingTabletsDate late 1st–early 2nd century AD ⓘ
writingTabletsLanguage Latin ⓘ
writingTabletsMaterial thin wooden leaf tablets ⓘ
writingTabletsSignificance earliest known handwritten documents from Britain ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vindolanda → discovered → Vindolanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vindolanda tablets
Vindolanda → hasMuseum → Vindolanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vindolanda Museum
Vindolanda → knownFor → Vindolanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vindolanda writing tablets
Vindolanda → managedBy → Vindolanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vindolanda Trust
Hadrian's Wall → significantPlace → Vindolanda ⓘ