Calcaria

Calcaria

Calcaria was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is known as Tadcaster, located in the English county of North Yorkshire (formerly part of the West Riding of Yorkshire).

The Romans founded the settlement and named it "Calcaria" from the Latin word for "lime", reflecting the importance of the area's limestone geology as a natural resource for quarrying. The nature of the settlement is uncertain. However, being located at a river crossing on the road from Danum (Doncaster) to Eburacum (York), it may have started life as an Imperial staging post with a mansio. Just to the north-west is the Roman fort at Newton Kyme (possibly Praesidium) dating from the 4th century.

References

*cite book | last = Garlick | first = Tom | title = Roman Yorkshire | publisher = Dalesman Publishing | date = 1971 | location = Clapham


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