- Wikidata identifier:
- Q116738918
- Also known as:
- Chesterholm Museum, Vindolanda site museum, Vindolanda Museum (Chesterholm cottage), Vindolanda Roman Fort Museum, Vindolanda Museum
- Instance of:
- archaeological museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum; Designated collection
- Accreditation number:
- 348
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q116738918/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Archaeology
Roman archaeological material excavated from the site, part of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site, and the There are 7737 ‘small finds’, 1604 coins, 130 environmental samples, 4427 leather items, 758 textiles, 1392 wooden objects, 1900 writing tablets, about 6 tons of pottery and several tons of bone. The collections also include the archive including site notebooks, finds record books, conservation records, filed plans, sections, drawings and published plans produced by the Trust in course of excavation. NB the writing tablets are all in the British Museum because of their undoubted international importance and security risk if they remained at Vindolanda.
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC