The Plot Thickens!

And so the plot thickens! Now I find that it was the Romans who created the Don’s duality when they cut the Tunbridge Dyke from Thorne to join the Don to the River Aire. Until that time, it seems, the Don had veered eastwards at Thorne to join the Trent. This is confusing the hell out of me, as my Roman map of Britain shows only the route from Thorne to the River Aire. Maybe, by that time the route to the Trent had silted up, but why does it appear on later maps?

To who(m) do I ask the question…what is the definitive, original route of the River Don north-east of Doncaster?

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