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Post by Heron on Aug 18, 2010 19:03:41 GMT -1
Just south of Hadrian's Wall, but pre-dating the wall by some time, is the Roman Fort of Vindolanda ('Gwynllan'?). In an area replete with Roman sites, the special interest here is the discovery of hundreds of wooden tablets covered in writing, preserved in the soil and now restored so they can be read. Among these writings - which range from personal messages, administrative documents and dedications to the gods - are a series of invocations to the nymphs of the stream that runs through the site. One of the reconstructed buildings on the site is the Temple of the Nymphs (see photo) where you can sit by the stream and hear recordings (in Latin and English) of these dedicatory messages. When I was there recently the stream hardly ran clear in the way the nymphs might have liked it, I think because building work to the museum extension upstream had muddied the waters. But the idea of a place where you can sit and listen to the dedications (and perhaps add some of your own) is an aspect of museum design and planning that I much appreciated. Attachments:
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Post by megli on Oct 11, 2010 7:39:48 GMT -1
That's nice!
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