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Grid Ref: NY968870   Aspect: N 
Altitude: 280 mtrs   Walk in: 10 mins   Bouldering quality: * 
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Park at a road end on the A696 3km north of Kirkwhelpington just past Raechester. 100m south, a path leads onto the moor. Head due west to the crag, which is in a hollow where a fence crosses the moor. There is a well built rounded cairn on top of the crag.
 
General:
A small bouldering crag set in a hollow on the moorland between the Wanneys and Wolf Crag.
Rock:  
Ottercops Sandstones Carboniferous, Dinantian (Lower Limestone Group)
Good
Routes/Bouldering:  

No recorded routes.

Problems:
Lots of nebs, but the landings are mostly poor
History:
Discovered and developed by Bob Smith in 2000.