Graffiti on the rocks
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Graffiti on the rocks
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 28 Jan 2008
Visitors to Ilkley in the 19th century appear to have walked en masse up to the Cow and Calf rocks with the sole intent of carving their names into the sandstone. Maybe ancestors of those who now spray paint graffiti on bridges etc?
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Image Location
Latitude
53.917272
Longitude
-1.802038