Editing Vindolanda (section)

== Media attention ==
[[File:Vindolanda tablet 291.jpg|thumb|Vindolanda tablet 291]]
In addition to the older initial findings of ink tablets, shoes and combs, several more artifacts and discoveries of note have been covered by the media. In 2017, the British newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'' focused on a discovery of cavalry barracks that were uncovered during the excavation season that held a large number of artifacts including swords, ink tablets, textiles, arrowheads, and other military paraphernalia. Relative dating of the barracks had determined that they were built around 105 AD.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/09/hadrians-wall-lost-secrets-roman-vindolanda-unearthed|title=Unearthed near Hadrian's Wall: lost secrets of first Roman soldiers to fight the barbarians|last=Alberge|first=Dalya|date=2017-09-09|work=The Observer|access-date=2017-10-21|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' also publicized the discovery of a cache of 25 ink tablets found earlier in the 2017 season. The tablets were discovered in a trench in one of the earliest layers of the fort, dating to the 1st century AD. This discovery was considered to be the second-largest discovery of ink tablets in the world, with the first being a cache that was also discovered at Vindolanda in 1992.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/10/new-cache-of-roman-letters-discovered-at-hadrians-wall|title=Cache of Roman letters discovered at Hadrian's Wall|last=Kennedy|first=Maev|date=2017-07-10|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-10-21|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In the 2014 excavation season, BBC ran a story about the discovery of one of the few surviving examples of a wooden toilet seat to be found in the Roman Empire.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-28956328|title=Roman toilet seat found at dig site|date=2014-08-27|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2017-10-21|language=en-GB}}</ref> In the same year, they also recorded the discovery of the only (very old, very worn) gold coin ever to be found on the site with a mint date of 64 or 65 AD, lying in a site layer dating to the 4th century AD.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-27917883|title=Rare Roman gold coin is unearthed|date=2014-06-19|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2017-10-21|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2010, the BBC announced the discovery of the remains of a child between the ages of 8 and 10 years, which was uncovered in a shallow pit in a barrack room in a position suggesting that its arms may have been bound. Further archaeological analysis indicated that it could be female. She is believed to have died about 1,800 years ago.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-11324607|title=Northumberland Roman fort's child murder mystery|date=16 September 2010|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

Another find publicised on the BBC website in 2006 was a bronze and silver [[fibulae and ancient brooches|fibula]] modelled with the figure of [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], with the name Quintus Sollonius punched into its surface.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/4990240.stm BBC News: "Brooch casts light on Roman Wall" 17 May 2006] Retrieved 11 August 2007</ref>

In 2020, archaeologists discovered a 5th-century [[chalice]] covered in religious iconography within a collapsed church structure. The images include crosses, angels, a smiling priestly figure holding a [[Crosier|crook]], fish, a whale, ships, the [[Greek language|Greek]] letters [[chi-rho]]. In addition, the chalice bears scripts written in [[Latin]], [[Greek language|Greek]], and possibly [[Ogham]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/29/hadrians-wall-dig-reveals-oldest-christian-graffiti-on-chalice|title=Hadrian's Wall dig reveals oldest Christian graffiti on chalice|date=29 August 2020|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.archaeology.org/news/8988-200831-vindolanda-christian-chalice|title=Early Christian Chalice Unearthed in Northern England|date=31 August 2020|work=archaeology.org}}</ref>