🏛️ Eburacum-Calcaria
Roman fort and settlement remains in North Yorkshire
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England (53.885928, -1.260231)
- Period: Occupied circa 71–410 CE during Roman Britain
- Status: Archaeological site with minimal visible remains above ground
- Significance: Auxiliary cavalry fort on the road between Eburacum (York) and the Pennines
Eburacum-Calcaria was a Roman auxiliary cavalry fort established in northern Britain during the 1st century CE. Situated in the Wharfe Valley near present-day Tadcaster, it served as a strategic outpost along the military route connecting the legionary fortress at York with frontier positions to the west. The site was occupied for approximately three centuries until the end of Roman rule in Britain around 410 CE ...