▁a ▁section ▁of ▁Had rian ' s ▁Wall ▁in ▁both ▁stone ▁and ▁tur f ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁on ▁the ▁site . ▁As ▁of ▁yet ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁reconst ruction ▁of ▁the ▁Vall um . ▁ ▁Near ly ▁ 2 0 0 0 - year - old ▁Roman ▁box ing ▁glo ves ▁were ▁un cover ed ▁at ▁V ind ol anda ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁by ▁the ▁Vid ol anda ▁Trust ▁exper ts ▁led ▁by ▁Dr ▁Andrew ▁Bir ley . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Guardian , ▁being ▁similar ▁in ▁style ▁and ▁function ▁to ▁the ▁full - hand ▁modern ▁box ing ▁glo ves , ▁these ▁two ▁glo ves ▁found ▁at ▁V ind ol anda ▁look ▁like ▁le ather ▁bands ▁date ▁back ▁to ▁ 1 2 0 ▁AD . ▁It ▁is ▁suggested ▁that ▁based ▁on ▁their ▁difference ▁from ▁gl adi ator ▁glo ves ▁war riors ▁using ▁this ▁type ▁of ▁glo ves ▁had ▁no ▁purpose ▁to ▁kill ▁each ▁other . ▁These ▁glo ves ▁were ▁probably ▁used ▁in ▁a ▁sport ▁for ▁prom oting ▁fighting ▁skills . ▁The ▁glo ves ▁are ▁currently ▁displayed ▁at ▁V ind ol anda ’ s ▁museum . ▁According ▁to ▁Bir ley , ▁they ▁are ▁not ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁matching ▁pair : ▁ ▁Media ▁attention ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁older ▁initial ▁find ings ▁of ▁in k ▁table ts , ▁sho es ▁and ▁comb s , ▁several ▁more ▁artifact s ▁and ▁discover ies ▁of ▁note ▁have ▁been ▁covered ▁by ▁the ▁media . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁British ▁newspaper ▁The ▁Guardian