Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort 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
Vindolanda from the air
Tombstone for Titus Annius, centurion of Cohors I Tungrorum
Dedicatory inscription to the goddess Gallia by Gauls and Britons
A vertical lidar view of Vindolanda
The Vindolanda tablets are some of the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain. They are a rich source of information about life on the northern frontier of Roman Britain. Written on fragmen
Tablet 343: Letter from Octavius to Candidus concerning supplies of wheat, hides and sinews.
Archaeologists at work in Vindolanda, 2006
Invitation from Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Lepidina, ref Tab. Vindol. II 291
Tablets on display at the British Museum