Archive for the 'Newcastle & Alnwick 2016' Category
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 10th 2016
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 9th 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
The Vindolanda Calendar
One of the Vindolanda museum articles was a small fragment of a clock/calendar device. I found it fascinating.
This bronze fragment was found during excavations between the east granary and the principia (headquarters building) in 2008.
On it can see written SEPTEMBER, K(alendae), N(onae), ID(us), and AE (quinoctium). These letters clearly indicate that it was part of [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 7th 2016
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Fire Ball
This art sculpture in the form of a ‘fire ball’ pays tribute to the work of archaeologist Robin Birley, who directed the Vindolanda Trust and excavations from 1970-2001, and to celebrate his incredible find, in 1992, of over 350 Roman ink on wood writing tablets (letters) on a Roman bonfire site here at Vindolanda
The Roman [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 6th 2016
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Bridge at Vindolanda
This delightful bridge crosses a stream which runs through the gardens that are situated next to the museum at Vindolanda.
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 5th 2016
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Vindolanda
Vindolanda lies just to the south of the curtain wall of Hadrian’s Wall and has a very different ‘feel’ to other sites along the Wall. It lies upon the first Roman frontier in the north – The Stanegate Road and in a stunning landscape which lets your imagination really connect with its past. You will [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 4th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Updating the SatNav
Before we set off on our travels to Northumberland I decided to update the SatNav to the latest map version. I was soon reminded why I gave up trying to upgrade the map on my previous attempt.
I logged on and was informed by the website that the device was full so I removed the old [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 3rd 2016
