Name: | Chesterholm (n/a) | CISP No: | CHOLM |
Place: | Chesterholm (n/a) | Grid Ref: | NY 7710 6640 (GB) |
Parish: | Henshaw (n/a) | Stones: | 1 |
County: | Northumberland (n/a) , England | Saint(s): | none |
Site Type: | other |
Chesterholm is the site of the fort of Vindolanda on Hadrian's wall.
Collingwood/Wright/1965, 529: `1 mile south of Turret 38a, and 2 miles south-west of Housesteads fort'.
For a detailed local map see Crow/1995, 24.
For a broader map see Thomas/1992a, 2.
The fort of Chesterholm/Vindolanda was on the line of Hadrian's Wall. This site has produced a number of stone inscriptions, Collingwood/Wright/1965, nos. 1683--1722, as well as a large series of inscribed letters in wood (see Bowman/1994).
Frere/1987, 365, argues that Roman coins from the late-fourth century are known from Chesterholm, while Dark/1992b, 111--120, argues that Chesterholm remained occupied in the fifth and sixth centuries as part of a continued defence of the line of Hadrian's wall.
Bidwell/1985, 38, 45--46, 75, argues for a fifth-century phase of construction for some of the structures at Chesterholm, and for fifth-century occupation.
Against the continued defence of Hadrian's wall in this period see Dark/1996, 23--51.