{{Short description|Climbing areas of England}} {{use British English|date=July 2018}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox climbing area |name=Earl Crag |alt_name= |photo=Old Quarry and Lund's Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1692495.jpg |photo_width= |photo_alt= |photo_caption=Earl Crag with Lund’s Tower and an old gritstone quarry in view |map= |map_image= |map_width= |map_alt= |map_caption= |location=North Yorkshire |nearest_city=Bradford |range= |coordinates={{coord|53|52|57|N|2|01|24|W|display=inline,title}} |climbing_type= |height= |pitches= |ratings= |grades= |rock_type=Gritstone |quantity= |development= |aspect= |season= |elevation= |ownership=Private |access= |camping= |classic_climbs= |stars= |website= }}
'''Earl Crag''' is a gritstone crag and climbing area in Craven, North Yorkshire, England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockfax.com/databases/results_crag.html?id=405|title=Rockfax {{!}} Databases {{!}} Earl Crag|website=www.rockfax.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref> It is home to Lund's Tower, Wainman's Pinnacle, and The Hitching Stone, all of which are near Cowling.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bronte-country.com/wainmans-pinnacle.html|title=Wainman's Pinnacle|website=www.bronte-country.com|access-date=2018-05-08}}</ref>
== Climbing == Earl Crag itself is popular for climbing and has many different possible routes and climbing techniques.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/destinations/earl_crag-1635|title=Earl Crag|access-date=2018-05-31|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://27crags.com/crags/earl-crag|title=Earl Crag|website=27 Crags|language=en|access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref><ref>Bruce Rollinson. "Earl Crag" in ''Yorkshire Gritstone'' (Graham Desroy, ed.), pp. 253–272 (Yorkshire Mountaineering Club, 1989) ({{ISBN|0951526707}})</ref>
=== The Hitching Stone === Some people climb The Hitching Stone, which is an old gritstone erratic nearby Earl Crag.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://27crags.com/crags/earl-crag/routelist/the-hitching-stone|title=Earl Crag - The Hitching Stone|website=27 Crags|language=en|access-date=2018-06-02}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sutton-in-craven.org.uk/historySuttonPinnacle.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001417/http://www.sutton-in-craven.org.uk/historySuttonPinnacle.asp|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Sutton-in-Craven Village Website|website=www.sutton-in-craven.org.uk|access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref>
==== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101166685-wainmans-pinnacle-sutton#.WvHmIYrRahD|title=Wainman's Pinnacle, Sutton, North Yorkshire|last=Stuff|first=Good|website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cowlinghistory.co.uk/2018/01/02/wainmans-pinnacle-built/|title=Wainman's Pinnacle - Why and when it was built. - Moonrakers|date=2018-01-02|work=Moonrakers|access-date=2018-05-31|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cowlinghistory.co.uk/2017/08/04/cowling-pinnacle/|title=Cowling (Wainman's) Pinnacle - Earlier ideas regarding its building. - Moonrakers|date=2017-08-04|work=Moonrakers|access-date=2018-05-31|language=en-US}}</ref> Wainman's Pinnacle and Earl Crag can be seen from many towns and villages in the area.
== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" heights="150px" style="text-align:left"> File:Path along the top edge of Earl Crag.jpg|A path along the top edge of Earl Crag File:Earl Crag - geograph.org.uk - 314741.jpg|Earl Crag and Lund's Tower File:Sutton in Craven, from Earl Crag (4008487099).jpg|A view of Sutton-in-Craven from Earl Crag File:Earl Crag and Wainman's Pinnacle - geograph.org.uk - 1746900.jpg|Wainman's Pinnacle, a stone obelisk on Earl Crag File:Lund's Tower 1 (4015529598).jpg|Lund's Tower on Earl Crag </gallery>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.climbonline.co.uk/yorkshire_gritstone_v2.htm Climbonline]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://peakbouldering.info/areas/9-yorkshire-grit/crags/190-earl-crag Peak District bouldering]
Category:Mountains and hills of North Yorkshire Category:Climbing areas of England
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