Ravenglass Roman Bath House
Ravenglass Roman Bath House is a ruined ancient Roman bath house at Ravenglass, Cumbria, England. Belonging to a 2nd-century Roman fort and naval base, the bath house is described by Matthew Hyde in his update to the Pevsner Guide to Cumbria as "an astonishing survival".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site at Ravenglass, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Ravenglass Roman fort bath-house, also known as Walls Castle” and “Walls Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ravenglass railway station and Ravenglass railway station.
Ravenglass railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenglass is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 29+1⁄4 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of Ravenglass in Cumbria. Ravenglass railway station is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Ravenglass Roman Bath House.
Ravenglass railway station
Railway station
Photo: Keith Burroughs, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenglass Heritage Railway Station is the western terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. It is to the east of Ravenglass main line railway station, which is on the Cumbrian Coast Line. Ravenglass railway station is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Ravenglass Roman Bath House.
St John’s Church, Waberthwaite
Church
Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St John's Church is situated on the south bank of the River Esk in the hamlet of Hall Waberthwaite in the former civil parish of Waberthwaite, Cumbria, England. St John’s Church, Waberthwaite is situated 1 mile southeast of Ravenglass Roman Bath House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ravenglass and Broad Oak.
Ravenglass
Village
Photo: Rob Noble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenglass is an English coastal village in west Cumbria that lies between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven, on the estuary of three rivers: the Esk, Mite and Irt.
Broad Oak
Hamlet
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Oak is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located along the A595 road, 14.4 miles by road south of Egremont. Broad Oak is situated 2 miles southeast of Ravenglass Roman Bath House.
Holmrook
Village
Photo: P stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west. Holmrook is situated 2½ miles north of Ravenglass Roman Bath House.
Ravenglass Roman Bath House
- Categories: thermae, ancient Roman structure, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Muncaster, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.35075° or 54° 21′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.40408° or 3° 24′ 15″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C6R9H2W+89OpenStreetMap ID
way 534028462OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ravenglass Roman Bath House” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Walls Castle”
- Chinese: “雷文格絲羅馬浴場”
- Czech: “Ravenglass (římské lázně)”
- Czech: “Ravenglass”
- Czech: “Walls Castle”
- Dutch: “Romeins badhuis van Ravenglass”
- French: “Thermes romains de Ravenglass”
- German: “römisches Badehaus Ravenglass”
- German: “Römisches Badehaus Ravenglass”
- Swedish: “Walls Castle”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ravenglass Roman Bath House”. Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.