Doncaster

• Doncaster is a minster town located on the river Don in North Yorkshire in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England.
• It was the Roman fort of Danum guarding the crossing of the river Don by the Roman Road to York.

History

• According to the Notitia Dignitatum (4th century CE), the fort was manned by an Auxiliary Cavalry Unit.

Roman Sites

• Doncaster Minster stands on the Site of the Roman fort.
  • About 60 feet (18m) of the fort wall still stands at the Northeast end of the grounds.

Museums

• Danum Gallery, Library and Museum
  • The museum is located on Waterdale in Doncaster.
  • The museum holds Finds from all periods of history including the Danum Shield, a Roman Auxiliary soldier’s rectangular shield, found in the fort of Glanum in 1971.

Roman Roads

• Ermine Street ‘The Roman Ridge’
  • This name is given to the part of Ermine Street which is a parallel route that bypassed the Humber crossing:
    • Castleford (Lagentium)-Littleborough-Bawtry-Tadcaster-Doncaster
• Iter V
  • Pye Road from London to Caistor St Edmund, then Cambridge–Lincoln-Doncaster-York–Carlisle.
• Iter VIII
  • York to London via Ermine Street, Fosse Way and Watling Street

Danum Gallery, Waterdale, Doncaster