Vindolanda

Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD.
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  • Fort
  • …lies at an elevation of 548 feet (167 metres)
  • …is operated by the Vindolanda Trust (Charity No. 1159798 Company No. 9182268)
  • Description: Roman fort and archaeological site on Stanegate, England
  • Also known as
    “Castra Vindolanda”
    “Chesterholm Roman Fort”
    “Chesterholm-Vindolanda (Samian Ware Discovery Site)”
    “Vindolanda Roman Fort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda and Sycamore Gap tree.
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is situated 620 feet east of Vindolanda.
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The , also known as the Robin Hood… is situated 1 mile northwest of Vindolanda.
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was a milecastle on in the vicinity of Hotbank Farm. is situated 1 mile north of Vindolanda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Once Brewed and Plenmeller.
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is a village in , England.
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is a village and former civil parish, now… is situated 4 miles southwest of Vindolanda.
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is a market town in , along…

Vindolanda

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Latitude
54.99138° or 54° 59′ 29″ north
Longitude
-2.36026° or 2° 21′ 37″ west
Open location code
9C6VXJRQ+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10089459650
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Geo­Names ID
6942441
Wiki­data ID
Q1233131

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Vindolanda” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Vindolanda”
  • Bulgarian: “Виндоланда”
  • Catalan: “Vindolanda”
  • Cebuano: “Vindolanda”
  • Chinese: “文德蘭達要塞”
  • Czech: “Vindolanda”
  • Danish: “Vindolanda”
  • Dutch: “Vindolanda”
  • French: “Vindolanda”
  • German: “Kastell Chesterholm”
  • German: “Kastell Vindolanda”
  • German: “Vindolanda”
  • Hebrew: “וינדולנדה”
  • Hungarian: “Vindolanda”
  • Italian: “Vindolanda”
  • Italian: “Vindolandia”
  • Japanese: “ヴィンドランダ要塞”
  • Latin: “Vindolanda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vindolanda”
  • Polish: “Vindolanda”
  • Portuguese: “Vindolanda”
  • Russian: “Виндоланда”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vindolanda”
  • Spanish: “castra de Vindolanda”
  • Spanish: “Castra Vindolanda”
  • Spanish: “castrum de Chesterholm”
  • Spanish: “castrum de Vindolanda”
  • Spanish: “Vindolanda”
  • Swedish: “Vindolanda”

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