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Vindolanda is a Roman auxiliary fort and settlement located near Chesterholm in Northumberland, positioned on the Stanegate road which served as a key military supply route in the borderlands of Roman Britain. The site was occupied intermittently from approximately AD 85 to 370, with periods of construction, abandonment, and reoccupation reflecting the strategic importance of the location during the frontier campaigns of successive Roman emperors. The fort itself, together with its associated civil settlement and cemeteries, preserves substantial archaeological remains including the famous leather and wooden artefacts recovered from waterlogged deposits, which provide exceptional insight into daily life, military administration, and written communications of the Roman army. The monument encompasses sections of the adjacent Stanegate road itself and two milestones, which together form an important record of Roman road infrastructure and military logistics in northern Britain.
Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestones is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014820. View the official record →
Vindolanda is a Roman auxiliary fort and settlement located near Chesterholm in Northumberland, positioned on the Stanegate road which served as a key military supply route in the borderlands of Roman Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014820.
Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestones is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014820.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp (1.2 km), Bean Burn 2 Roman temporary camp (1.3 km), Seatsides 2 Roman temporary camp (1.5 km).
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