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Rare Roman writing tablets have discovered at Vindolanda in Northumberland

An astonishing number of Roman shoes have been found by archaeologists at a site on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has given support to a project aimed at putting on display hundreds of everyday wooden items uncovered near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.

Artefacts found at Vindolanda include one of the earliest known toilet seats.

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More than 600 volunteers have begun a season of excavations at Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall.

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Roman tablets found at Vindolanda

421 Roman shoes found during Hadrian's Wall dig

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Roman tablets found at Vindolanda

421 Roman shoes found during Hadrian's Wall dig

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Ancient Northumberland toilet seat goes on display

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