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Grid Ref: NU048075   Aspect: NW   Routes: 6   Max Length: 9   Average Length: 6 
Altitude: 248 mtrs   Walk in: 30 mins 
 
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Just to the south of Callaly Village a gate leads through a wall to a track running south alongside a small wood and then swings left across the field to a stile. From here traverse south across the hillside onto the plateau to where a fence and wall join at a Scots Pine wood. The crag sits on the northern edge of this wood. The direct approach up the hillside from the southern entrance to Lorbottle Hall is not a public right of way.
 
General:
A clean little crag set in a wood one kilometre south east of Lorbottle Hall on the Whittington Thropton Road. It occupies a sheltered position but faces north and is slow to dry. During a dry spell however it offers worthwhile climbing in the lower grades.
Rock:  
Fell Sandstone Carboniferous, Dinantian
History:
Over twenty climbs have been recorded here by Ken Smith and members of the Wanneys Climbing Club.