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the whole line from Doncaster to Rotherham and Sheffield, it 

 is marked by banks, castles, camps, and the names of fortified 

 places. These are most extensive on the northern side, and are 

 of such a character as belongs not at all to Roman, but rather to 

 British work. The name of Wincobank belongs to one of the 

 most characteristic parts. In connection with this line of de- 

 fence, west of Sheffield, is an ancient road leading across the 

 moors, in the direction of Hope and Mam Tor; at the former of 

 which is a Roman camp, and at the latter a British fortress. The 

 Roman station being on the south side of the line thus traced, 

 corresponds perhaps with the camp at Templebrough, near Ro- 

 therham, on the south side of the Wincobank works, and with Co- 

 nisbrough Camp and Doncaster Camp on the south of the Dun. 



The earthworks about Catterick, connected as they seem to be 

 with old British stations at Bowes, Brough, and Kirkby Thore, 

 seem to mark another line of defence on the north of this county; 

 but as no such continuous works appear on the west, we may 

 perhaps conclude that in that direction the territory was united 

 across the Cumbrian Lakes and the plains of Lancashire. Simi- 

 lar lines of earthworks to those of the Dun Valley have been 

 long known along the edge of the Cotswolds, and have given rise 

 to much speculation. They appear to have the same general 

 character as the earthworks on the north and south sides of the 

 Vale of Pickering. 



Doncaster, one of the prettiest towns in the north of England, 

 and most desirable as a place of residence, is known in the Anto- 

 iiine Iter as Danum. It was on the line of the great Roman 

 road from Eburacum to Lindum, and was, no doubt, a British 

 settlement at the head of tide, as Castleford on the Aire, Tad- 

 caster on the Wharfe, Aldborough on the Ure. 



In digging the cellars of Mr. Jarratt's house in Doncaster, 

 March 1781, was found, six feet underground, the elegant altar 

 engraved in Gough's 'Camdcn/ pi. 13. f. 1, 2, 3, 4, in height 

 about 2 feet 6 inches, inscribed to the Deae matres by M. Nan- 

 tonius Orbitalis. 



