L u n d ' s  T o w e r

&

W a i n m a n ' s  P i n n a c l e

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Sutton Crag overlooks the villages of Cowling and Sutton. The crag boasts two follies, both within sight and walking distance from each other. Locally known as the "salt and pepper pots" due to their shape as seen from a distance, they are Lund's tower and the curious little obelisk Wainman's Pinnacle.

The tower is square and castellated, made from very solid blocks of stone with an open doorway, with arrow-slit windows dimly lighting the little stone spiral staircase that winds its way to the top of the tower, where the visitor may gaze in awe at the surrounding yorkshire countryside from a little viewing platform. It appears that the tower has recently been repaired, as there is a replacement battlement stone visible in the photograph above.

A Mr James Lund of Malsis Hall built this delightful little folly tower in 1897. As Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee was in the same year, it is quite possible Mr Lund erected this tower to commemorate the event. However his daughter Ethel, celebrated her 21st birthday in 1897, so perhaps it was built in honour of her too as the tower has another name, Ethel's tower..

An excellent 360 degree panoramic view from the top of the tower can be found on an external web site The user can zoom the image and manually operate the camera by careful use of the mouse.

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Within short walking distance from the tower, and at the opposite end of Sutton Crag, this stubby little obelisk, Wainman's Pinnacle can also be visited.

It was built some 81 years before the tower in 1816, to celebrate victory at Waterloo, and in memory of a soldier killed during the Napoleonic wars, the son of its builder, Richard Wainman.

Visiting:-

There is a car park on the crag, a short distance from the obelisk, and a footpath crossing the crag to the tower.

Co-ords 399300 443100/ SD993 431  

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