History
Vindolanda
Bardon Mill, North East England
A working Roman dig where soldiers' letters on wooden tablets were found.
- Price
- Admission charged
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
Vindolanda is a large Roman fort just south of the wall, famous for the wooden writing tablets found here. Excavations continue most summers and you can often watch archaeologists at work. The museum is good for kids and wet days.
Good to know
- Visit in summer to see the dig
- Combine with Housesteads
- Good rainy-day backup
- Best time
- Summer, when excavations run
- Open
- Roughly February to November
- Getting there
- Signed from the A69; large car park
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Rubbish bins
- Toilets
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