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I was just wondering if anyone had any knowledge of folklore or interesting anecdotes surrounding almscliffe crag? I already have a few pieces of info from paul bennetts megalithix NA website and a few books but any thing else would be really appreciated! Especially surrounding the 'fairy parlour' cave!Thanks allL

I have walked around it and up and down it many times with my dog and grandaughterLove the place but gotta be honest not aware of any folklore, still gotta do Little Almscliffe Crags

I've been told, and I don't know if it's true, but there's no higher point beteen the cragg and Leningrad (when I was told) and /St Petersburg now.

I have to confess that I've never been right up to Almscliffe Crag, but it is a beautiful and dramatic sight from many remote views.

BLAKEY wrote: I have to confess that I've never been right up to Almscliffe Crag, but it is a beautiful and dramatic sight from many remote views. I can see it from my house. It's known locally as "The Wart."I would have thought parts of the North Yorkshire Moors are higher than the crag?    

Possibly but I think the line of sight goes to the south of the moors. I was told this in connection with the siting of Menwith hill and Fyling Dales. The North Sea, low lying parts of Denmark and the Baltic allow eavesdroppping/monitoring well into the baltic area. Could be rubbish. There must be a website somewhere that can confirm it.

Si wrote: I can see it from my house. It's known locally as "The Wart."I would have thought parts of the North Yorkshire Moors are higher than the crag?     I would have my doubts too but taking a look at this<http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=almscli ... 36&t=h&z=5> there isn't much land in the straight line path and even less on the Great Circle Route. The straight route would probably cross the coast around Flamborough, ruling out the NY Moors but not the Wolds, cross Denmark about the thinnest bit of the Peninsula, cross the extreme south of Sweden and roughly split Estonia in half. The great circle route wouldn’t move the English coast crossing much further north, probably circa Filey. It would however probably just about miss the north of Denmark and just about split the straights between Finland and Estonia leaving southern Sweden as the only other land crossed.For explanantion the shortest distance between two point on the surface of a sphere, which the Earth is taken as being, is measured between the two points on the one and only* circumference that passes between the two points. This circumference is known as the great circle.*Two points on the earth’s surface that are diametrically opposite have an infinite number of Great Circles for example the North and South pole has every line of longitude as Great Circles

WHAT was that in answer to?

Cardiarms assertion that there is no higher point between the Crag and St Petersburg(previously Leningrad) and Si's somment on it

Cardiarms wrote: I've been told, and I don't know if it's true, but there's no higher point beteen the cragg and Leningrad (when I was told) and /St Petersburg now. Fascinating factoid!I have just had a quick look on Google Earth and put a straight line 2025 km long from Almscliffe Crag to St Petersburg and it looks as though its true -I can't find anything higher than the Crag at 193m.The straight line crosses the Swedish coast near Gothenberg and doesn't cross the higher mountains a bit further south. Can't check a great circle on Google Earth though.