Crafts

Have fun creating all things Roman use your imagination. On this page we have some ideas to set you on your way and you can see we've already had fun creating a few of our Loo Roll characters.

Loo Roll Legionary

Legionary - Printer Friendly Download

Legionary Answers

Loo Roll Lepidina

Looking your best in Roman Vindolanda Fact Sheet

Lepidina - Printer Friendly Download

Loo Roll Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian and his Wall Fact Sheet

Hadrian - Printer Friendly Download

Loo Roll Archaeologist 1 Download

Loo Roll Archaeologist 2 Download

Home Excavation Challenge

Use your loo roll archaeologists or archaeo-loo-ologists to help you excavate and discover new areas of your home. Below you can download an excavation report to record your findings. We have staged our own home excavations with our archaeo-loo-ologists where they boldly went beneath the sofa cushions. Have a look at what they found in the example excavation report.

Wow, your excavations have been so successful they have caught the attention of the press. Create a news story around your excavations. This can be any media you like, a magazine article a video or a story in the newspaper. What was so amazing about your excavations and why does the world need to know? You can see we have created a magazine cover for our sofa excavations and we've had a very special presenter come to learn more about our excavations too.

Excavation Report Download

Vindolanda Sofa Excavation Report Download

Mini Milestones Download

Ancient Aqueducts Download

Solomon’s Knot - Mosaic activities

Solomon’s Knot Activity Download

Gladiator glass craft image - Create your own version of the gladiator glass.

Download the Gladiator Glass Craft

Latest

WelcoMe booking page

Page with access to the WelcoMe apps to notify staff of upcoming visits
Lost (Letters) & Found (Photographs)

Guest blog: Dr Catherine Teitz
When a photograph can’t speak a thousand words, but a letter can. Dr Teitz looks at photographs from the Vindolanda archive and how they can help us understand more about the site and its history. Continuing the blog series on Archive Archaeology.
Productive Piles of Paper

Guest blog: Dr Catherine Teitz
Continuing the blog series on Archive Archaeology, Dr Teitz is looking at where our archives are and what can be found within them.
Archive Archaeology

Guest blog: Dr Catherine Teitz
Ever wondered how archaeologists keep learning about the site beyond the excavation and the lab? Or wondered why all their paperwork might be important? Archives are so much more than silent libraries, crumbling books, and dusty boxes. Find out more here!

Junior Blogs

A selection of blogs aimed at kids, great for those studying the Romans at school or picking up some knowledge before you visit.
Classroom resources

Re-enforcing learning back in the classroom helps to make your visit to our site more than just a good day out. We have developed these resources to help you continue to make the most out of your visit.
Fact Files

Kids blogs that take a look at what it was like to be a Roman Soldier on Hadrian's Wall and the northern Frontier of the Roman Empire. Including, where did Roman soldiers come from, bath houses, Roman forts, Vindolanda and its writing tablets and much 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!
Video Blogs

Take a closer look at some of the artefacts and buildings uncovered at Vindolanda. Our curator and archaeologists take you through some highlights of the site and collection.
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 and fun activities to do when you visit.
Activities

Family friendly activities for all ages that you can do at home. Download these pages including word and number activities and games for the whole family to play together.

Tickets

How to visit Vindolanda Roman Fort and Museum and the Roman Army Museum. This page will take you through the new systems we have in place for visiting our sites, what is open and how to visit.
Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum

Visit Roman Vindolanda today and you will find one of the North East’s most famous and not to be missed tourist attractions lying in the beautiful landscape of Hadrian's Wall Country. Formerly a key military post on the northern frontier of Britain, Vindolanda is the home of Britain's 'Top Treasure' - the Vindolanda Writing Tablets - and is one Europe's most important Roman archaeological sites, with live excavations taking place every year.
Roman Army Museum

Lying in magnificent countryside next to a sweeping section of Hadrian's Wall and based at the site of Magna Roman Fort, the Roman Army Museum is an authentic and dramatic tribute to Rome’s extraordinary military legacy. Step into the life of a Roman soldier and experience life on the front line of Emperor Hadrian’s formidable British frontier.
Booking and Visiting FAQ's

Have you got questions about what to expect when you arrive or how to book? Take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions page which answers some of our visitors most popular queries.
Luna, Moon Goddess

Volunteer blog - Jackie James
The ancient Roman moon goddess, Luna, derives her name from the Latin lucere, meaning ‘to shine’ and was seen not only as the divine embodiment of the moon but also the female counterpart of the sun, Sol.
Getting here

How to find us no matter how you like to travel. Whether biking, busing or marching, make your journey as smooth as possible and enjoy more time with us.
Day Planner

This is a suggested day planner for your visit to Roman Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum.
Book a Place

Find out about what's involved, how to participate and when you can see the digging taking place. We are now fully booked for the 2024 Excavation season.
Work for us

Find out about any opportunities to join the award winning teams at Vindolanda and the Roman Army Musuem. We currently have three new fixed term posts with the Vindolanda Trust- Part of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site and based at the Roman Site of Magna.
Local Accommodation

There is a vast range of places to stay near to Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum with all budgets catered for.

Carved stone depicting mystery horseman uncovered.

A beautifully carved sandstone relief which depicts a naked male figure holding a spear stood in front of a horse/donkey has been uncovered during the annual excavations at the Roman fort of Vindolanda near Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Read more