▁focused ▁on ▁a ▁discovery ▁of ▁caval ry ▁bar ra cks ▁that ▁were ▁un cover ed ▁during ▁the ▁exc av ation ▁season ▁that ▁held ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁artifact s ▁including ▁s words , ▁in k ▁table ts , ▁text iles , ▁arrow head s , ▁and ▁other ▁military ▁par aph ernal ia . ▁Rel ative ▁d ating ▁of ▁the ▁bar ra cks ▁had ▁determined ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁built ▁around ▁ 1 0 5 ▁AD . ▁The ▁Guardian ▁also ▁public ized ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁a ▁cache ▁of ▁ 2 5 ▁in k ▁table ts ▁found ▁earlier ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁season . ▁The ▁table ts ▁were ▁discovered ▁in ▁a ▁tren ch ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁layers ▁of ▁the ▁fort , ▁d ating ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁AD . ▁This ▁discovery ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁second - larg est ▁discovery ▁of ▁in k ▁table ts ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁being ▁a ▁cache ▁that ▁was ▁ ▁also ▁discovered ▁at ▁V ind ol anda ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁exc av ation ▁season , ▁BBC ▁ran ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁surv iving ▁examples ▁of ▁a ▁wooden ▁to ile t ▁seat ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Roman ▁Empire . ▁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