Vindolanda

On Monday we went to see the ruins of an old Roman fort called Vindolanda. This fort protected the northern  border of the Roman territory . It is located just south of Hadrian’s Wall.  The fort and surrounding town covered a large area.  They are still excavating the site and we got to talk to some of the workers who said they had recently found several shoes and some documents . After viewing the ruins we went to the museum which had an amazing collection of artifacts including thousands of shoes, the most shoes found anywhere due to the soils they were buried in .

Typical sheep farm

Reproduction statue and Roman Temple

Tired newlyweds 

Excavations at the fort

Yoda posing at the Temple

Collection of spear points 

Museum was home of archaeologist who once owned the site

Temple reproduction

Fort ruins

Fort wall ruins

Outside fort

More of the wall 

Part of the amazing Roman shoe collection 

Reproduction of fort towers