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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pishpash, post: 2212961, member: 71514&quot;]The site where they found 350 tablets with the writings of the fort residents.&nbsp; To keep it legal here is a link regarding the golden Nero coin that they found last year.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vindolanda.com/_blog/press-releases/post/press-release---rare-gold-coin-unearthed-at-vindolanda/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vindolanda.com/_blog/press-releases/post/press-release---rare-gold-coin-unearthed-at-vindolanda/" rel="nofollow">http://www.vindolanda.com/_blog/press-releases/post/press-release---rare-gold-coin-unearthed-at-vindolanda/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I spent most of today there, not enough time.&nbsp; I have never seen a museum like it.&nbsp; They have found six thousand shoes, a few are on display.&nbsp; The quality of the exhibits are stunning.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If anybody is planning a visit to the UK, please, please take a day out to visit this place.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are a &quot;friend&quot; of Vindolanda (25GBP), you can apply to be a volunteer digger on the excavations, unfortunately, my knees are not up to it these days.&nbsp; I know one person who did volunteer, he said it was the best two weeks of his life.&nbsp; I note from the website that the 2015 volunteer slots were filled within 15 minutes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Info here about the site</p><p><a href="http://www.vindolanda.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vindolanda.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.vindolanda.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously, I very rarely recommend a place with such enthusiasm, but this place is something else entirely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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