Tag: Vindolanda Fort

The first post-Roman record of the ruins at Vindolanda was made by the antiquarian William Camden, in his Britannia (1586). Occasional travellers reached the site over the next two hundred years, and the accounts they left are useful because they predate much of the stone-stealing that has damaged the site.

Vindolanda Wooden Tablets: Ancient Military And Private Correspondence Left By Departing Roman Troops

MessageToEagle.com | April 17, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – The fort of Vindolanda, one of the earliest Roman garrisons, built by the Roman army in England, is one of Europe’s most important Roman archeological sites. It