Vindobala (Brytonnic Celtic : windo- fair, white, bala place, situation?, cf.

Old Irish bal, bail place, situation, condition, good luck) was a Roman fort with the modern name, and in the hamlet of, Rudchester, Northumberland.

The fort guards the valley of the March Burn to the west, an ancient route leading to the south towards the Tyne ford at Newburn.

It became disused by the last quarter of the 3rd century but was re-commissioned c. 370 AD when timber-framed buildings set on stone foundations were erected and occupied till the end of Roman rule.

In 1760 a life-size statue of Hercules was found at the site, which is now in the Great North Museum in nearby Newcastle upon Tyne.

In 1924, an excavation took place on the wall line 1924 at a point 3 metres (9.8 ft) west of the fort.

It has been speculated that this was the location of a special inscription stone marking work on the wall, which has not survived.