Vindolanda Fort
Vindolanda Fort is a grassland in Henshaw, Northumberland, England. Vindolanda Fort is situated nearby to the ruins Workshops, as well as near Temple.- Email: info@vindolanda.com
- Type: Grassland
- Also known as: “Castra Vindolanda”
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 Vindolanda Fort.
Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda
Museum
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda is situated 1,100 feet east of Vindolanda Fort.
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 Vindolanda Fort.
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 Vindolanda Fort.
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.
Vindolanda Fort
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Henshaw, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.99088° or 54° 59′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.36224° or 2° 21′ 44″ westInception
1970Operator
Vindolanda Charitable Trust (Charity No. 1159798 Company No. 9182268)Open location code
9C6VXJRQ+94OpenStreetMap ID
way 122660652OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=grasslandOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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