The fort of Vindolanda, on the Hadrianic frontier (south of Hadrian’s wall), now in northern England, is an internationally famous site, which was occupied by Romans between 85 AD and 370 AD. Long-term excavations here, supported by volunteers, regularly produce new and amazing discoveries.
As well as uncovering new parts of the fort and civilian settlement, the discoveries occasionally make headlines. Last year, a new sandstone relief carving was discovered and in recent years a temple to the god Jupiter-Dolichenus and the curious case of a skeleton of a child who was probably murdered found under a third-century barrack floor. Excavations in 2022 have reported the discovery of a new phallic carving, complete with a crude insult carved into it.
