It is located at the estuary of three rivers: the Esk, Mite and Irt.
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The location is featured in The Fort at River's Bend, a book in Jack Whyte's A Dream of Eagles (Camulod Chronicles) series, and is also mentioned briefly in Mary Stewart's Merlin trilogy under the name Clannoventa.
The bulk of the book takes place at a fort named Mediobogdum, 9 miles east of Ravenglass.
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The city of Ravenglass is considered a safe and neutral port for all nations of the British Isles.
Two similar locomotives have been built at Ravenglass for the Shuzenji Romney Railway in Japan, Northern Rock II and Cumbria, in 1989 and 1992, respectively.