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On its way between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven, the Cumbrian coast railway stops at RAVENGLASS , which preserves a row of characterful nineteenth-century cottages, facing out across the mud flats and dunes. Despite appearances, the village dates back to the arrival of the Romans who established a supply post here in the first century AD for the northern legions manning Hadrian's Wall. Look for the sign to the "Roman Bath House", just past the station: 500 yards up a single-track lane lie the fairly extensive remains of a fort which survived in Ravenglass until the fourth century. Ravenglass station is the starting point for the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway (Easter week & June-Aug daily; rest of the year Sat & Sun; GBP7 return; tel 01229/717171, ), known affectionately as "La'al Ratty". Opened in 1875 to carry ore from the Eskdale mines to the coastal railway, the tiny train, running on a 15-inch gauge track, takes forty minutes to wind its way through seven miles of forests and fields between the fell sides of the Eskdale Valley to Dalegarth station. The stations on the line are popular starting points for walks on and up into the central lakeland peaks, and consequently the railway makes for a fine approach to Eskdale itself.
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