Pottery is something we find in great quantities at Vindolanda during each excavation season - usually into the tens of thousands of sherds per year. A volunteer excavator is almost guaranteed to find some when they are here. The types of pottery we find vary in origin, manufacture, size, shape, material, colour, design and decoration. Here we focus on one of them - Samian Ware. Read more
Dr Andrew Birley looks at some of his favourite Roman coins to be discovered at Vindolanda. Read more
Guest Blog - Tim Penn & Summer Courts Written by our visiting specialists from Edinburgh University, this blog explores board games and gaming at Vindolanda. Read more
Not all the objects which are on display at the Roman Army Museum are from Vindolanda. Very limited excavations have been carried out at Magna over the years. Find out more about one of the artefacts from the site. Read more
From writing tablets to cheese presses, 28 objects from the collection are looked at for their connection to our Latin words of the day. Fun facts about how we still use Latin in our everyday lives. Read more
Volunteers have been the helping hand, support, and inspiration throughout the Wood Digitisation Project, which is funded by the Arts Council England. Being through lockdowns, restrictions, and all different manner of changes, they have never lost their enthusiasm. We want to take this opportunity to share some of their thoughts on the wood project and introduce you to the team. Read more
This list blog catalogues Barbara Birley's favourite shoes in the Vindolanda collection. Read more
Over 160 boxwood hair combs have been found at Vindolanda. Resembling modern nit combs, these small objects would have been used for cleaning and detangling hair, but you can also explore aspects of style and function. Read more
This dona militaria or military award for valour was found in 2006. Can we tell who owned it and more about his family? Read more
This large zoomorphic brooch is one of the missing links in the late to post Roman story at Vindolanda. Found in 2008, it helps us to better understand this transitional period in the site's history. Read more
Was the end of Roman Britain the end of Vindolanda? Our journey into discovering more about sub-Roman Vindolanda started with the discovery of the probable war-band leader of the site from the 5th or 6th centuries, a man called ‘Brigomaglos’ which was discovered over 130 years ago. Read more
Archaeologist Marta Alberti takes a closer look at a key discovery of the 2019 excavations: an oak water pipe. Read more