# Calcaria

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{{Short description|Town in the Roman province of Britannia}}
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[[File:Calcaria.jpg|thumb|right|The former Calcaria public house in [Tadcaster](/source/Tadcaster), the namesake of Calcaria]]
'''Calcaria''' was a [town](/source/town) in the [Roman province](/source/Roman_province) of [Britannia](/source/Britannia). Today, it is known as [Tadcaster](/source/Tadcaster), located in the [English](/source/England) county of [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire).

The [Romans](/source/Roman_Empire) founded the settlement and named it ''Calcaria'' from the [Latin](/source/Latin) word for ''lime kilns'', reflecting the importance of the area's [Magnesian Limestone](/source/Magnesian_Limestone) [geology](/source/geology) as a natural resource for [quarrying](/source/quarrying). The nature of the settlement is uncertain.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=54930 |mname= Calcaria Roman Town ||accessdate= 16 March 2014}}</ref> It is possible that it started as an Imperial staging post with a [mansio](/source/mansio) because of its location at  a river crossing on the road from Danum ([Doncaster](/source/Doncaster)) to [Eburacum](/source/Eburacum) ([York](/source/York)). Just to the north-west is the [Roman fort](/source/Roman_fort) at [Newton Kyme](/source/Newton_Kyme) (possibly [Praesidium](/source/Praesidium_(Newton_Kyme))) dating from the 4th century. Mileages on the Antonine Itinerary suggest that Calcaria may have lain well west of Tadcaster.

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book | last = Garlick | first = Tom | title = Roman Yorkshire | publisher = Dalesman Publishing | year = 1971 | location = Clapham}}
*{{cite book |last=Arias |first=Gonzalo |url=https://www.academia.edu/42896907/Grammar_in_the_Antonine_Itinerary_a_challenge_to_British_archaeologists |title=Grammar in the Antonine Itinerary |publisher=Arias |year=1987 |location=La Linea}}

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Category:History of North Yorkshire
Category:Roman towns and cities in England
Category:Tadcaster
Category:Roman sites in North Yorkshire

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