Ilkley Moor

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Ilkley Moor with rock formations and paved hiking trails. The Cow and Calf rock group can be seen in the center of the picture (the vertical cliff and the slightly sloping boulder on the right below).

Ilkley Moor is a highlands south of the English town of Ilkley in West Yorkshire .

location

Ilkley Moor is located directly south of the town of Ilkley and at 402  m at the same time the highest part of the Rombalds Moor highlands . To the south and southeast, Rombalds Moor is bounded by the towns of Keighley , Bingley , Shipley, and Guiseley .

history

Cup-and-ring markers; in the valley the town of Ilkley.

Ilkley Moor was already around 1800 BC. Settled. The rock carvings in the Ilkley Moor , a variant of the cup-and-ring markings that only occur in this region , also date from this time .

tourism

Ilkley Moor is not far from densely populated areas and is well developed for hiking. It is therefore a popular destination.

A number of impressive rock formations, such as the Cow and Calf rock pair or the Pancake Stone , can be easily reached on foot.

Regional culture

Ilkley Moor is the scene of the text of the “unofficial national anthem” Yorkshire's On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at (Yorkshire dialect, in German: “On Ilkley Moor without a hat”). The text depicts with black humor the assumption that a stay on Ilkley Moor without a headgear inevitably leads to death, and according to tradition, it was written by members of a church choir after an excursion into the cool and windy highlands.

Coordinates: 53 ° 54 ′  N , 1 ° 50 ′  W