In 1972/3 I was 14 years old. I was absolutely fascinated with Vindolanda and became a member of ‘Young Rescue’ the offshoot of ‘Rescue’ an archaeological society. We used to receive regular news letters etc covering the finds of the moment. I hitched lifts to get there after leaving home unbeknown to my Grandparents (who raised me). I have absolutely no idea how I did it, but I managed to get as far as Carlisle in three days, where I was apprehended by the police and shipped back to London.......I have had a continuous passion for Romano British archaeology, have walked hadrians wall three times, and yet have never managed to get to Vindolanda, despite promising myself year on year....... .....maybe this year? Or next?....
Dr. Birley, your enthusiasm about Vindolanda is contagious! I used to teach Latin and I would have loved to have shown this video to my students. They would all have majored in archeology in college.You make life almost 2000 years ago come alive. Gratias ago. Te saluto.
i love imagining people coming from maybe the mediterranean or even further (and warmer) ..such as north africa.. This place is so cold, wet and dark that even the sun doesn't want to shine! Wonderful video, have not visited this place, but i must.. thankyou for sharing this 🙂 x
I do, and it is. I'm filled with a sense of pride everyday and I love to greet the visitors as they come in and leave. I've been so inspired by the place that I've trained up as a volunteer guide. It really is amazing 😊
The great thing about the place is that it's always evolving and revealing new secrets to us. When you arrive, you are guaranteed to have an informative and profound time as you rub shoulders with people from the past through their written words and see that humanity doesn't really change, just the technology 😊
Really loved the little video of you pulling out the sword from the ground. There's not much "on the ground" shots of archaeology on youtube and would love to see more of it.
Excellent video. I've been to Hadrian's Wall many times over the years, but would love to go to Vindolanda in the not too distant future. It looks like you're doing great work.
Everyone should try and walk at least some of the wall and a visit to Vindolanda is the primus inter pares of what is a most evocative and enormous relic of the Empire and its people; preserved and researched with real love and scholarship.
Yes as you walk on the Roman roads which are amazing through the fort and the curtilage and your expert descriptions of what is happening at that section of the fort, brilliant. There are views (or I can conjure anyways) of Romans and others walking where you are, such as 22:18 and looking up whilst heading for the steam rooms and thinking this can never end, huh.
*Happiness Is; Bathing in the Light.* "Let the Sunshine In." In the scene at the end of the video in the back-ground there seems to be much rutting leading up the hill and away from the fort. Also there is some kind of long structure like a wall, or is that a Roman road? I'm interested that too.
Fascinating-until recently I had the right to fish from a boat on Crag Loch immediately under the Wall; even there-at the top of a 300-foot high cliff across a deep cold loch the Romans built their wall. Crazy. In the museum I found the women's shoes the most amazing- piercings and fashions not out-of-place these days in one of the most god-forsaken bleak places in the 'UK'. Good luck with the excavations !
Interesting question... I think I recall hearing that throughout the Roman empire there are only a few ancient Roman graves; most of them where cremated.
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If the Americans had something like this lol they would turn it into Disneyland park American tourist would be munching On a McDonald's or KFC for as they walk around they don't have any historical lineage (200 odd years) or structures that go back milliienniun after millennium built by ancient man because they have no history other the British. Or the indigenous Indians they wiped out and removed off there. Ancestral lands not there fault tis what it is The running joke at the time was a group of American tourist was visiting Stonehenge. While they were walking around they asked why are theses stones laying around should they be up in place one of the tourist then walked to the visitor center and complained that the big stones had fallen down and suggested the stones should be placed back in position what kinda place is this for tourist to which the guild at the center replied. Well. Sir it's a prehistoric Ruin a monument 5.000 years old sir
just a helpful tip. stop waving your arms around on your next video - it's an awful technique and distracts so much from what you are saying that many people will switch off out of frustration.
With the triangle analysis method I developed, the answer can be derived as soon as it is analyzed. Specify 3 locations. Vindolanda, 54 59 26.06 N, 2 21 38.05 W, Vatican, 41 54 8.00 N, 12 27 26.13 E, One hundredth of the Sun diameter distance Point ,from Machupicchu sun stone, 7 10 29.10 S, 56 6 56.45 E, The mutual distances of those three points are 8743km, 1814km, 115km, and the sum of the three is 10672km. Mars diameter is 6794km, Mars circumference is about 21345km. It is calculated as π=3 14159. 10672km≒21345km×0.49999, The total distance of the three sides is the half-perimeter of Mars. The extremely high accuracy is important evidence that the Anunnaki descended on earth 200,000 years ago and constructed and arranged ancient ruins with modules based on the size of the solar system bodies. Since it has not been moved since it was installed, good results can be obtained by measuring carefully. I have already completed the analysis of more than 90,000 demonstration cases. This is one example. I will explain the reason for each length. 8743km≒8501km; Triton circumference ×1.028, 1814km≒3636km × 0 499, Io diameter ×0.5, 115km ≒ Io circumference × 1.0067, PS; The hypothetical sun spot is a vestige track that the Anunnaki diligently collected the gold-laden mud deposited on the ocean floor. It is 12km wide and remains for 20000km continuously. In addition, it is characterized by a small detour to the west only here. It's a sacred point of importance and a base that I cherish! There are several other locations.
