13 September 2020
10.73 miles
At our second attempt (see Haworth to Ickornshaw Moor) we finally made it to the Hitching Stone.
'At the western side of Keighley Moor, between Cowling and Keighley, stands a huge gritstone boulder called ‘Hitching Stone’. The stone stands on the Lancashire—Yorkshire border and also parish boundaries. Hitching Stone is in fact an erratic boulder which was deposited here many thousands of years ago by a retreating glacier at the end of the last Ice Age. There are some interesting myths and legends associated with this huge boulder...'
For more about the Hitching Stone visit The Journal of Antiquities website from which this extract was taken.
Photo Gallery
Video
No video for this hike.