Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Glannoventa | |
| other name:- | Walls Castle | |
| other name:- | Ravenglass Roman Bath House | |
| locality:- | Ravenglass | |
| parish |
Muncaster parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| roman fort; roman bath house | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD088961 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD09
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| The bath house is part of the roman fort at the end of the road from Brougham, via Ambleside and Hardknott, to Ravenglass. | ||
| 1Km square | SD0896 | |
![]() Glannoventa -- Ravenglass -- Muncaster -- Cumbria / -- 11.5.2006 | ||
![]() Glannoventa -- Ravenglass -- Muncaster -- Cumbria / -- 11.5.2006 | ||
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Cmd 82
11)
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| County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | ||
| placename:- | Walls Castle | |
| antiquity | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| source:- |
Rivet and Smith 1979
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| The roman fort at Ravenglass, Muncaster, Cumberland. Part of the bathhouse remaining is called Walls Castle. | ||
| placename:- | Glannoventa | |
| other name:- | Clanoventa | |
| other name:- | Cantiventi | |
| other name:- | Cantaventi | |
| other name:- | Cantanenti | |
| other name:- | Glannibanta | |
| photographs | ||
| Glannoventa -- Ravenglass -- Muncaster -- Cumbria / -- 11.5.2006 | |
| references |
: 1928: Trans CWAAS: series 2 vol.28: pp.353-366
: 1958: Trans CWAAS: series 2 vol.58: pp.14-30 | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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