North East England
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Bardon Mill

Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda

Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda is a museum in , , . Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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  • Email: info@vindolanda.com
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum at Vindolanda Roman Fort, Northumberland, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Chesterholm (Vindolanda museum)”, “Chesterholm Museum”, “Vindolanda Museum”, “Vindolanda Museum (Chesterholm cottage)”, “Vindolanda Roman Fort Museum”, and “Vindolanda site museum”
  • Address: Bardon Mill, Hexham, Northhumberland

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vindolanda and Sycamore Gap tree.

Fort
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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. is situated 620 feet west of Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda.

Photo: Clementp1986, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Robin Hood tree, was a 120-year-old sycamore tree next to near in , England. is situated 1 mile northwest of Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda.

Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a milecastle on in the vicinity of Hotbank Farm. It is notable for the joint inscription bearing the names of the emperor Hadrian and Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Britannia at the time the Wall was built. is situated 1 mile north of Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Henshaw and Once Brewed.

Hamlet
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in , within the vicinity of the ancient . It is located around 11.5 miles from , 25.5 miles from , and 33 miles from .

Hamlet
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is a village in , England. It lies on the Military Road. A motorist arriving over the B6318 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed".

Locality
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of with Whitfield, in , England about a mile southeast of . In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. is situated 4 miles southwest of Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda.

Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda

Latitude
54.99149° or 54° 59′ 29″ north
Longitude
-2.3573° or 2° 21′ 26″ west
Elevation
525 feet (160 metres)
Operator
Vindolanda Charitable Trust (Charity No. 1159798 Company No. 9182268)
Open location code
9C6VXJRV+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 491534163
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
6942442
Wiki­data ID
Q116738918
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