Africans at Vindolanda?

[Nathan Ross]

...a principia seemingly made in adobe tradition of Spain/Africa... ornate carvings, a dedication to the Sun god, and was actually faced southward toward the sun rather than northward toward Hadrian's Wall and the theatre of war.

Thanks, Harry - that does sound unusual!

I don't really get how 'southwards' is in the direction of the sun though... rises in the east and sets in the west, no? :wink:

Sounds like a lot of interesting stuff still to discover though...

- Nathan