Experimenting with the past

Experimenting with the past is in Henshaw, Northumberland, England. Experimenting with the past is situated nearby to the grassland Vindolanda Fort, as well as near the ruins Granary & Stores.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vindolanda and Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda.

Vindolanda

Fort

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall 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. Vindolanda is situated 450 feet northeast of Experimenting with the past.

Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda

Museum

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda is situated 970 feet northeast of Experimenting with the past.

Sycamore Gap tree

Photo: Clementp1986, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the Robin Hood tree, was a 120-year-old sycamore tree next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. Sycamore Gap tree is situated 1 mile northwest of Experimenting with the past.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Once Brewed and Plenmeller.

Once Brewed

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Once Brewed is a village in Northumberland, 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".

Plenmeller

Locality

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. Plenmeller is situated 4 miles southwest of Experimenting with the past.

Haltwhistle

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Experimenting with the past

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Henshaw, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.99036° or 54° 59′ 25″ north

Longitude

-2.36148° or 2° 21′ 41″ west

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

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