The Hitching Stone
| The Hitching Stone | |
|---|---|
The Hitching Stone, showing the fissure and rectangular hole known as the druid’s chair | |
| Location | Earl Crag, Yorkshire |
| Nearest city | Bradford |
| Coordinates | 53°52′17″N 2°01′18″W / 53.871513°N 2.021789°W |
| OS grid reference | SD9841 |
| Elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m) |
| Height | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
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The Hitching Stone is a gritstone erratic block on Keighley Moor, North Yorkshire, near Earl Crag and the village of Cowling. It is very close to the border between North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire and the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire.
It is said to be the largest boulder in Yorkshire at 29 feet (8.8 metres) long, 25 feet (7.6 metres) wide and 21 feet (6.4 metres) high. It is also said to weigh a lot more than 1000 tonnes.