Families

Activities

Family friendly activities for all ages. Download these pages including word and number activities and games for the whole family to play together. Read more

Crafts

Get creative with these fun ideas for crafts at home. Create your own loo-roll Legionary or archaeologists. Read more

Family Visits

Making the most of your visit to our sites Roman Vindolanda fort & Museum and the Roman Army Museum. What to see and where to go wand fun activities to do when you visit. Read more

The Missing Dead App

A game based on an unsolved mystery at Vindolanda. Follow Marcus as he investigates this mystery in the Roman times and learn what questions the archaeologists still have today. Read more

Top Roman History FAQs

Learn more about Hadrian's Wall, the Roman Army and the forts and archaeology at both of our sites Vindolanda and Magna! Read more

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Poem by Mousimus Cheesius

Mousimus Cheesius gives us a poem and tells us about his ancestors journey to get to Vindolanda.

Scanning Samian pottery during lockdown

The Arch-I-Scan project team visited Vindolanda in November 2020 to spend 3 weeks scanning our Samian pottery. Find out more about the project in this Guest Blog.

Research

The site and its collection are under constant research helping us to understand not only Vindolanda better but Hadrian's Wall and the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.

The Vindolanda Collection is of outstanding quality. The extensive collection holds objects of many different materials including metal work, wood, leather and textile as well as bulk collection of pottery, glass and animal bone.

Roman Leather Toy Mouse Discovered

Curatorial staff at Roman Vindolanda make a lockdown discovery of an ancient leather toy mouse, which had been hidden in amongst the ancient scrap leather recovered from the site.

Brigomaglos

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.

Home Learning

Activity sheets for home learning fun. From Roman cooking ideas to spot the difference and much more, there is something for everyone.

Colin's Top 10

Deputy CEO Colin Galloway gives us his top 10 about the Vindolanda Trust from artefacts to spaces.

The Praetorium

Director of Excavations Andrew Birley takes us through the fascinating history of the grandest house at Vindolanda and what some of the amazing discoveries that have come from it tell us about the people who lived there.

A Vindolanda Christmas Lecture

17th December 2020 - 7pm
Drawing from the Royal Institutions tradition of Christmas lectures, this year the Vindolanda Trust is offering the chance to virtually join our Site Archaeologist Marta Alberti, for a look back at the history of Vindolanda.

Severan Skulls

Dr Trudi Buck takes a closer look at the human skull unearthed during the 2018 excavation of the Severan fort ditch at Vindolanda.

Ancient timber posts

Both visitors and volunteers have been very curious as to what those beautiful timber posts sticking out of the ground are. Here is what the archaeologists have concluded so far.

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Penny's Top 10

Activity Officer Penny takes us through some of her favourite places, things and people at Roman Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum.

Survival Appeal

This year is going to be a tough year for all of us. Join us in celebrating 50 years of the Vindolanda Trust and please consider supporting us to get to another 50. You can buy a virtual birthday gift and contribute to our future. Thank you for your incredible support. Read more

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