Friar's Crag: Difference between revisions

Friars' Crag is owned by the {{w1|National Trust}}, acquired on 13 March, 1922.<ref>[https://national-trust.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=59d0d36e5b3a44ae8cc49fe38d47ffd7&marker=-3.1408532588618683%2C54.58992188851598%2C%2C%2C%2C&markertemplate=%7B%22title%22%3A%22Friar's%20Crag%2C%20Lord's%20Island%2C%20Land%20at%20Calfclose%20Bay%20and%20Falcon%20Crag%22%2C%22longitude%22%3A-3.1408532588618683%2C%22latitude%22%3A54.58992188851598%2C%22isIncludeShareUrl%22%3Atrue%7D&level=15 Friar's Crag] National Trust Land Map. Rerieved 1 February, 2023.</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">In 1922, the viewpoint of Friar's Crag and [[Calfclose Bay]] were bought by subscription as a memorial to Canon H. D. Rawnsley. The [[Ruskin Memorial]] on Friar's Crag was given in 1900.</ref>

The word ''[[wiktionary:friar|friar]]'' comes from Middle English and Old French from ''[[wiktionary:frere|frere]]'', meaning "brother" (of a religious order) and ''[[wiktionary:crag|crag]]'', from Middle English ''crag'' or ''[[wiktionary:crag|cragge]]'' meaning a rocky outcrop.<ref name="whaley">{{whaley|122}}</ref> In local folklore this little promontory has associations with the quaint village of [[Grange]] at the south end of the lake, which in history was an outlying farm or store owned by the wealthy Cistercian monks of [[Furness Abbey]].<ref>{{whaley|Whaley 2006, p.135}}</ref> One of the islands situated in the centre of the lake is [[St. Herbert's Island]] and was once the home of Anglo-Saxon priest and hermit {{w1[[St. Herbert's Island#Herbert_of_Derwentwater|Herbert of Derwentwater}}]]. His tenure there was in the late 7th century, so the history and connection between St. Herbert, the Cistercians and Friar's Crag go back to that period.

<div class="res-img">[[File:Derwentwater and Cat Bells from Friar's Crag from Strandshag Bay (23056083).jpegjpg]]{{c|View from {{smaller|Friar's Crag lookingfrom towardsa [[Catsimilar Bells]]position andto the Borrowdalepostcard image Valleybelow}}}}</div>

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