Earl Crag is a gritstone crag and climbing area in Craven, North Yorkshire, England. It is home to Lund's Tower, Wainman's Pinnacle, and The Hitching Stone, all of which are near Cowling.
Climbing Earl Crag itself is popular for climbing and has many different possible routes and climbing techniques.Bruce Rollinson. "Earl Crag" in Yorkshire Gritstone (Graham Desroy, ed.), pp. 253–272 (Yorkshire Mountaineering Club, 1989) ()
The Hitching Stone Some people climb The Hitching Stone, which is an old gritstone erratic nearby Earl Crag.
History
Architecture
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.
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 man known as Wainman, and was rebuilt by other locals in 1900 following a lightning strike. Wainman's Pinnacle and Earl Crag can be seen from many towns and villages in the area.
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