Ross was a stone age settlement...

Ross can trace its history back as far as Stone Age settlements. The river was known as the Vaga in Roman times, while the Celts and Saxons used to call the area 'the land of the hedgehog' - the town's symbol is still the hedgehog. In the 18th century the Wye Tour, which called at Ross and Symonds Yat, was extremely popular with wealthy visitors, Dickens and Lord Nelson among them.