Earl Crag
Earl Crag is a gritstone crag (known as a challenging climbing area) in the Craven area of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[1]
On the crag stand two famous folly towers: Lund's Tower, Wainman's Pinnacle, which are together known locally as 'the Salt and Pepper Pots', and also here is The Hitching Stone, all of which are near Cowling.[2]
Climbing
Earl Crag itself is popular for climbing and has many different possible routes and climbing techniques.[3][4][5]
Some climbers set out to climb The Hitching Stone, which is an old gritstone erratic near Earl Crag.[6]
The Salt and Pepper Pots
Lund’s Tower
- Main article: Lund's Tower
Lund's Tower, also known as Sutton Pinnacle, was built by James Lund on Earl Crag in 1887 and designed by R. B. Broster & Sons.[7]
Wainman’s Pinnacle
- Main article: Wainman's Pinnacle
Wainman's Pinnacle, also known as Cowling Pinnacle, was built on Earl Crag in 1898 as a memorial to the Napoleonic Wars by a Mr Wainman, and was rebuilt by other locals in 1900 following a lightning strike.[8][9][10] Wainman's Pinnacle and Earl Crag can be seen from many towns and villages in the area.
Pictures
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A path along the top edge of Earl Crag -
Earl Crag and Lund's Tower -
A view of Sutton-in-Craven from Earl Crag -
Wainman's Pinnacle, a stone obelisk on Earl Crag -
Lund's Tower on Earl Crag
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Outside links
References
- ↑ Earl Crag: Rockfax
- ↑ Wainman's Pinnacle: bronte-country.com
- ↑ Earl Crag: UK Climbing
- ↑ Earl Crag: 27 Crags
- ↑ Rollinson, Bruce: 'Earl Crag' in Yorkshire Gritstone (Graham Desroy, ed.), pp. 253–272 (Yorkshire Mountaineering Club, 1989) (ISBN 0951526707)
- ↑ Earl Crag - The Hitching Stone: 27 Crags
- ↑ Sutton Pinnacle: Sutton-in-Craven Village
- ↑ National Heritage List 1166685: Wainman's Pinnacle, Sutton (listing)
- ↑ Wainman's Pinnacle - Why and when it was built: Moonrakers
- ↑ Cowling (Wainman's) Pinnacle - Earlier ideas regarding its building: Moonrakers