Vindolanda Trust
Vindolanda Charitable Trust
Chesterholm Museum, Bardon Mill
Hexham
Northumberland
NE47 7JN
01434344277
Website: https://www.vindolanda.com/
Additional web links: https://romanarmymuseum.com/
Parent Organisation:
n/a
Funded by:
Vindolanda Charitable Trust
YLM Entry Submitted: Yes
Comments:
The Vindolanda Charitable Trust’s vision is to excavate and preserve the Roman remains in the Trust’s ownership in the central sector of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site. Its original objective was to administer the Vindolanda Roman Fort and its museum, but only two years after its founding in 1970 the Trust acquired the ‘sister’ Roman site of Magna, 15 minutes from Vindolanda and now administers the established Roman Army Museum tourist attraction next to Magna.
The Trust is committed to a twinned robust scholastic and visitor programme encompassing:
Research
Education
Public display and enjoyment of its monuments and finds from the Vindolanda excavations
How many human remains are in its collection, and how many of those are of ancient British provenance, pre-Christian or in other way Pagan?:
Magna Roman fort: one inhumation, eleven cremation burials, one pit with multiple cremated individuals, eight other cremated bone records.
Vindolanda Roman fort: one inhumation, four cremation burials, one possible cremation, six infant bone records, sixteen other human bone records.
Records range from single bones to hundreds of fragments.
Total: 49
How many of these human remains are well documented, with clear context of date and place of exhumation?:
All human remains are well documented with place and date of exhumation and have associated archaeological context information.
Where there are ancestors in store, is there a history of use?:
Yes
Where there are ancestors in store, is there potential for use, in display, education or scientific analysis?
Yes
Does the museum have a disposal policy, and is it including HR with negligible potential in its discussions about disposal?:Yes
The Vindolanda Trust has a Museum Acquisition and Disposal policy as it is an Accredited museum. The policy is currently under review and will be signed off by Trustees in 2025. The policy covers the entirety of the Trust’s collections and does include human remains. Once complete and signed off we are happy to share.
What sources of information about these human remains are in the public domain and where?:
Does the museum have ancestors (human remains) on display?:Yes
One partial skull – Roman Army Museum
One partial skull – Vindolanda Museum
The skeleton of a young girl – Vindolanda Museum
Does the museum hold any iconic ancestors, ie. complete skeletons with a well documented story, or those considered of national or local importance, and are these on display?:
Yes: The skeleton of a young girl found under the floor of a barrack at Vindolanda is currently on display.
Has the museum used or considered using replicas in displays? If not, why not and what would you find useful in moving to these? If you have, what response did these receive?:
Documents:
10 December, 2024
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