Keswick - John Ruskin Memorial
Location : Keswick
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 264223
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THE FIRST THING WHICH I REMEMBER AS AN EVENT IN LIFE WAS BEING TAKEN BY MY NURSE TO THE BROW OF FRIARS CRAG ON DERWENTWATER |
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In October 1900 mainly due to the efforts of Canon Rawnsley, a simple memorial of Borrowdale slate was erected at Friars Crag on Derwentwater to John Ruskin (1819-1900), who had many associations with Keswick. He once said Keswick was a place almost too beautiful to live in. The monument is a grade II listed structure.
The few square yards round the memorial were the first bit of the Lake District to become property of the National Trust.
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