Monument near Eamont Bridge
This fifty-tonne block of Shap granite was erected to celebrate 2000 years of Christianity, but it could also be a monument to geological history, as the block of stone is itself 330 million years old.
There are carvings on three sides of the monument; a cross with the date and the Greek letters for ‘alpha’ and ‘omega’ – the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet signifying the beginning and the end, the past and the future, God the Creator and God the Holy Spirit.
Look out for the interpretation panel with more information by the side of the road behind the monument.
