Heritage

Accessible from Ravenglass village, the Bath House is part of the remains of Roman Glannaventa.  Wonderfully well preserved, walls, doorways and even some plaster are still intact.  At the site there is  information about Glannaventa, strategically sited at the mouth of the River Esk.

As part of the fortified border that includes Hadrians Wall and several coastal fortifications, the Romans also built a network of roads across the region, one of which crosses the Lake District from Ravenglass to Ambleside. Several sections can still be identified and the most obvious feature of this route is the Fort of MODIOBOGDVM, nowadays known as the Hardknott Roman Fort. Much restored Hardknott Fort is easily reached from Ravenglass.

West Cumbria has many ancient monuments and remains, a Stone Circle is sited at Seascale, just to the North of Ravenglass and the area between Wasdale and Eskdale, called Burnmoor has Burial Mounds, Stone Circles and Hut Circle remains.

Gosforth Cross, in the grounds of Gosforth Church is a 1000 year old 3 meter high Norse sandstone pillar. Norse runes have been overlaid with later Christian symbols. There is also the remains of a Norse Cross at Waberthwaite, just across the River Esk from Ravenglass.