Amateur archaeologists discover rare winged goddess sculpture near Sycamore Gap

An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Wall - (The Vindolanda Trust)

An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists.

The symbolic find of the winged goddess was discovered in a reused pile of rubble above infantry barracks at Vindolanda, a fort just south of the Sycamore Gap.