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Natural PlacesSite Name: Almscliffe Crags Alternative Name: Ormscliffe CragsCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Harrogate / Leeds Nearest Village: North Rigton
Map Ref: SE26814900
Latitude: 53.936429N Longitude: 1.593116W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Almscliffe Crag (alternatively known as Ormscliffe Crags) can be seen from the A658 (Harrogate Road) near North Rigton. The site is described on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) web page for Almscliffe Crags, North Rigton, North Yorkshire, which gives clear directions on how to reach the crags, together with the archaeology and history of the area: "this giant outcrop of rock rises out from the meadowlands here like a miniature volcano, visible for many miles all round. The history and legends surrounding the aged edifice are prodigious and the view from its tops on a fine day is one to be remembered."
The crags also include several stone bowls, including the well known Wart Well, with which there are several folklore tales around the giant named Rombald, who mainly lived on Ilkley Moor. The photo of The Wart Well included here was submitted by andy_h in 2004.
Further information on the Great Almias Cliff Crag nearby (at
SE 2680 4896, 50 metres south of the top of Almscliffe Crags) can be found at Pastscape Monument No. 51452, which tells us about flint implements and microliths found in this rock shelter and now on display at the Pump Room Museum, Harrogate.
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