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Global Vindolanda

Your chance to get involved with the Vindolanda Trust's online community. Inspired by our Roman forts and museums? Time to get creative and show us how. Vindolanda Inspired takes you to a gallery of work created by our global community in a range of mediums and My Vindolanda takes you to contributions from staff, trustees and volunteers at Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum, see what their Vindolanda Top 5's are. 

If you would like to submit an image, word document or MP4 of your own creative response please email your submission with a short description about what you have created and why.  Send them to [email protected]

This project is supported by a grant from Arts Council England

Favourite Five

Favourite Five

Vindolanda Trust's staff members, trustees and volunteers reveal their favourite parts of the sites and museums with their Favourite 5's. A great place to start your vindolanda journey and see what to visit at both of our sites. Read more

Posted to: Global Vindolanda

Your chance to get involved with the Vindolanda Trust's online community. Inspired by our Roman forts and museums? Time to get creative and show us how. Vindolanda Inspired takes you to a gallery of work created by our global community in a range of mediums and My Vindolanda takes you to contributions from staff, trustees and volunteers at Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum, see what their Vindolanda Top 5's are. 

If you would like to submit an image, word document or MP4 of your own creative response please email your submission with a short description about what you have created and why.  Send them to [email protected]

This project is supported by a grant from Arts Council England

Published: 31st January, 2021

Updated: 6th February, 2021

Author: Penny Trichler

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A Closer Look

A Closer Look

A series of video blogs taking a closer look at the different aspects of Roman Vindolanda Fort and Museum and the Roman Army Museum as well as their archaeological collections. Read more

Posted to: Global Vindolanda

Your chance to get involved with the Vindolanda Trust's online community. Inspired by our Roman forts and museums? Time to get creative and show us how. Vindolanda Inspired takes you to a gallery of work created by our global community in a range of mediums and My Vindolanda takes you to contributions from staff, trustees and volunteers at Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum, see what their Vindolanda Top 5's are. 

If you would like to submit an image, word document or MP4 of your own creative response please email your submission with a short description about what you have created and why.  Send them to [email protected]

This project is supported by a grant from Arts Council England

Published: 5th May, 2020

Updated: 7th May, 2020

Author: Penny Trichler

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  • Parentalia - Festival of the Ancestors

    Parentalia - Festival of the Ancestors

    Parentalia was the Roman festival to celebrate your ancestors. During the nine days of the festival all temples were closed, no weddings took place, and magistrates wore no insignia indicating that no official business was conducted.

  • Celebrating the Fornacalia

    Celebrating the Fornacalia

    Fornax, the goddess of ovens and furnaces is not one that is talked about much in modern times. But worshiped her to aid in cooking, to prevent burnt offerings and serious house fires.

  • Venus and Cupid

    Venus and Cupid

    As Valentine’s Day approaches, we often think of love and we associate Venus and Cupid with this holiday. This blog looks at these mother and son and their relevance to our modern connections to this time of year.

  • Lupercalia and its relationship to Valentine's Day

    Lupercalia and its relationship to Valentine's Day

    Lupercalia was originally a pagan festival of fertility and prosperity. Find out here more about its links with the modern Valentine's Day.

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  • Roman Leather Toy Mouse Discovered

    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

    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

    Home Learning

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

  • The Praetorium

    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.

  • Colin's Top 10

    Colin's Top 10

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

  • Severan Skulls

    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

    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

    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.

  • 2019 Recent Finds

    2019 Recent Finds

    Every year we display the best of the recent finds from the last season in our recent finds case. Find out what made the cut for the exhibition in 2019.

Survival Appeal

Survival Appeal

After an unprecedented 2020 it looks like 2021 is going to be tough too. Please consider supporting us and contributing to our future. Thank you for your incredible support. Read more

Donate Fundraise

Published: 23rd March, 2020

Updated: 15th February, 2021

Author: Penny Trichler

Location: Chesterholm Museum, Bardon Mill, Hexham, NE47 7JN

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