Giant
Rombald's Stamp
One stamp of a giant's foot, and the rock split.
See it clearly
- What's there
- A great gritstone outcrop with a boulder calf at its foot
- Legend from
- Ilkley Moor tradition
- Best time
- Any
- Tone
- Playful
A fleeing giant stamped so hard on Ilkley Moor that the rock split in two.
The Cow and Calf, also called the Hangingstone Rocks, are a millstone grit outcrop and boulder on Ilkley Moor, part of Rombalds Moor. One is large and the other small, like a cow with its calf. Legend says the giant Rombald was fleeing an enemy and stamped on the rock as he leapt across the valley, splitting the Calf from the Cow. The enemy, it is said, was his angry wife, who dropped the stones she carried in her skirt, forming the Skirtful of Stones. Wikipedia says a third rock, the Bull, once stood here but was quarried away. Visit Bradford says the rocks are popular for climbing and views.