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Sentence Examples Ashore a spume of brine water rains from an overhanging crag and sluices back through the beach. Ed is a local and, as one of the country's most famous climbers, a regular on this crag. One of the helicopter's rotor blades had smashed into the crag, showering the rescuers with fragments of rock. It stood upon a frozen, wind-swept crag with the snow piled about it in treacherous, drifting masses. Leighton Moss, a premier RSPB reserve where you can hear bitterns boom, is a lovely walk away over the crag. There is a window in the far wall, which looks out on a sheer drop off the rocky mountain crag. Like a trip of mountain goats skipping from crag to crag, a fleet of dozers, tractors, and haulers currently is moving from slope to slope. The first hotel, the Summit House, was built in 1852, just a few feet away from Mt. Washington's highest crag. I stood on a high rocky crag that marked the beginning of it, high above the world. This amazing crag sits right on the oceans edge and features some crazy web-like pockets. The south front of the curtain, overlooking the crag, is tower-free but the south-east angle is projected outside to create a sort of bastion. There is a rock solid truth to this crag game, going up involves coming down. One could lie in wait on some high crag, and at hitherto unheard-of ranges hit a horseman far below. If you are walking, you can skirt round the edge of the crag and follow some steps to rejoin the path. From there a path twists its way through outcropping crags and tiny lochans to the summit, perched precariously on top of its own little crag. The bracken has turned the crag into deep rust swathes and the banks of trees brushed neatly back by the winds climb the hillside in rainbow shades of autumn. Crag after crag, we come across perfect condor nesting sites. As he did so the big man quickly grabbed his arms and the woman stripped his armour breastplate away, and he was frogmarched towards a small crag. The holidaying-trio and their two Yorkshire terriers had almost climbed to the top of the crag but reached a point where they could go neither up nor down without help. It was Aeschylus who recast him as suffering hero and enemy of divine tyranny, crucified on a crag in the Caucasus where Zeus's eagle tore at his vitals. Show More Sentences Anthak lost track of the time as he watched, until with a start he noticed that he could see the top of what had been an unscalable crag only this morning. The mountains are so close, you can see every crag and cranny. The superficial deposits include what is known as the mammaliferous crag. The Ennerdale flanks are steep and rough with areas of crag, the lower slopes being planted with a ribbon of conifers. The crag is made of Rhyolite rock and was pioneered in the early 1880s by the father of British rock climbing Walter Parry Haskett Smith. This is the longest continuous wall of crag on the fell and reaches up almost to the summit. Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop. The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye. Glacial erosion on the north side of the crag gouged a deep valley later filled by the now drained Nor Loch. Huge numbers of small duns, hill forts and ring forts were built on any suitable crag or hillock. The pattern of the Helvellyns is repeated with walls of crag on the north east and grass on the opposing flanks. The southern face is formed by Bowfell Links, an impressive wall of crag scarred by nine vertical gullies and with corresponding tongues of scree at its foot. In future the pack of 50 hounds kennelled at Crag Top Farm will be chasing rabbit. Just when he moved into the capacious double-cave system, among the old slate quarry workings of Castle Crag, is not certain. The route included the climbs of Warton Crag, Arnside Knot and Clawthorpe Fell. A bridge crosses the point where a small beck that catches water from Iron Keld and Black Crag brings the main supply of water to the tarn. The two most logical ways to Pikes Crag are the short sharp sprint from Wasdale and the long scenic bimble from Borrowdale. A short distance to the south-east, along a fantastic little rocky ridge, lies the last summit of the day, Loft Crag. The views are for miles south down Wharfedale past Kilnsey Crag and for miles up the valley to where it forks west into Langstrothdale. Ruskin's View, of which the poet waxed lyrical in 1816, is worth a visit and takes in the sweep of the river Lune and nearby Calf Top and Crag Hill. Show More Sentences Ryan Robinson netted a consolation goal for the Huddersfield side from the penalty spot but it was too late to prevent Crag from taking all three points. Together, they have scaled the stony scramble of Stirrup Crag at Yewbarrow, hit the heights of Helvellyn twice and negotiated the precarious pathway of Striding Edge. The artist, based in Rendall, has designed an arched structure for the top of Knockan Crag in Wester Ross, which forms part of Inverpolly Nature Reserve. Along with Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag on the Borrowdale side these fells display steep flanks and plenty of rock on the summits. Lanty Scar provides the obvious line of ascent from Rydal, while the spur rising over Todd Crag leads up from Clappersgate. It is cut off from the reservoir by the lower parallel ridge of Raven Crag and High Rigg and instead makes a beeline for the River Greta. It can be combined with a scramble on Eagle Crag, or this part can be bypassed by taking the path to Nethermost Cove before joining the ridge. This short rocky spur has Hutaple Crag on the west and Scrubby Crag on the east. Swinging gradually northward the ridge continues over Thornthwaite Crag, High Street, Rampsgill Head and High Raise. Eastward again are the parallel valley of Longsleddale and the further ridge running from Branstree to Grey Crag. Sleddale Hall, the filming location for Uncle Monty's cottage Crow Crag, is located near Wet Sleddale Reservoir. He makes similar statements regarding the fells to the south of Dow Crag on the parallel Coniston ridge. South from Crinkle Crags, between Eskdale and the Duddon, are Hard Knott, Harter Fell and Green Crag. On the east are Cam Spout Crag and the fine high waterfall after which it is named. An alternative is to ascend from the Burnmoor track via Green How, but this misses the rock scenery of Scafell Crag. Flat Crag includes the Great Slab, a remarkable tilted sheet of rock which looks exactly as it sounds. The main spine of the ridge runs north over Swirl How and Great Carrs and south west to Dow Crag and the lower hills beyond. From here it rises again to Brim Fell with Dow Crag and The Old Man Of Coniston beyond. From Harter Fell the ridge continues over Green Crag, Great Worm Crag, Yoadcastle, Whitfell, Buck Barrow and Black Combe. Notable features are Maiden Castle, Brandy Crag and Mart Crag to the south east and Kepple Crag to the south. Show More Sentences To the southwest is a broad and marshy saddle leading onto Green Crag and the moorlands of Birker Fell, the ongoing watershed. By 1870 Honister's underground workings stretched under Honister Crag with intermediate workings on the opposite side of the valley at Yew Crags. Other outdoor activities take place such as rock climbing, most notably at Kilnsey Crag, and canoeing. It reaches a maximum height of 602 m at Peel Fell and also contains the Marilyns of Sighty Crag and Larriston Fells. The Force Crag Mine was worked for zinc, lead and barytes from 1835 until 1991 and was the last working mine in the Lake District. Great Gable fills the eastern view, Gable Crag and the Napes seen in fascinating profile. Middleboot Knotts is a further top lying on the Wasdale slopes of Broad Crag, which is listed as a Nuttall. Broad Crag Col is the source of Little Narrowcove Beck in the east and of Piers Gill in the west. Broad Crag is a small top with its principal face on the west and the smaller Green Crag looking down on Little Narrowcove. From Broad Crag, the ridge turns briefly east across Ill Crag Col and onto the shapely pyramidal summit of Ill Crag. In October 1900, mainly through the efforts of Rawnsley, a simple memorial of Borrowdale slate was erected to Ruskin at Friars Crag. He died one day after the proposition was defeated in the House of Lords, and he is commemorated with a memorial plaque on Kailpot Crag. The valley then opens out around Grange before the river empties into Derwent Water, overlooked by Catbells, Skiddaw and Walla Crag. There are various other local quarries now fallen into disuse, such as Lingmoor, Banks, Thrang Crag and Colt Howe. Loft Crag and Gimmer Crag steal the attention in the foreground while Bowfell impresses across Langdale. The fell has a small sharp summit, below which rises Gimmer Crag, which is one of the top rock climbing venues in the Lake District. Across the Ghyll westwards are Thorn Crag, Loft Crag and finally Pike of Stickle. Survey columns can still be seen on Branstree, Tarn Crag, and Great Howe below Grey Crag. The River Kent begins above the reservoir in the heights of Bleathwaite Crag. This first series covered Blencathra by Sharp Edge, Castle Crag, Haystacks and Scafell Pike from Seathwaite. Show More Sentences Two smooth spurs on this eastern flank of Skiddaw, Sale How and Hare Crag, are listed in separate tops in some guidebooks. Once Skiddaw House is reached a fairly direct line is possible, climbing over either Sale How or Hare Crag. An outlier of High Spy in the 'Jaws of Borrowdale', Castle Crag is listed as a separate fell by Wainwright. The Yew Crag workings on the Dale Head side were operated until 1966, operations on the slopes of Grey Knotts continuing. On the south western rim of the Moss is Goat Crag, overlooking Buttermere lake. Another route from Buttermere begins further south at Hasness, working around Goat Crag to join the main path above the moss. Grasmoor has the greatest elevation, although Crag Hill stands at the hub of the range. Finally Coledale Hause can be used to gain the main ridge between Crag Hill and Grasmoor. It includes the other fells of Hopegill Head, Eel Crag, Sail, Scar Crags and Causey Pike with over 1300 metres of ascent. At the head of the valley a large rock formation is found named Force Crag, which forms a waterfall 'Low Force' as Pudding Beck passes over it. Beyond Caw Fell is the lower Lank Rigg group, consisting of Lank Rigg, Crag Fell and Grike. The highest section of the northern branch is formed by the trio of Buttermere fells, High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike. The highest point lies a little way out onto the northern spur at the top of Grey Crag, marked by a cairn. In an attempt to avoid confusion some guidebooks refer to the summit as Grey Crag and the top on the ridge as High Stile. The lower slopes are planted with a broad belt of conifers, extending across the River Liza to the flanks of High Crag. The northern face is formed by Gable Crag, prominent in views from Haystacks and the surrounding fells. These are Kern Knotts, Raven Crag and Great Napes, all footed by great tongues of scree. The north traverse similarly runs beneath Gable Crag with more excellent rock scenery, arriving ultimately at Windy Gap. Finally from Nether Beck Bridge the route to Haycock can be used, turning west via Lad Crag Beck to the summit. North west are the well known trio of Buttermere fells, High Crag, High Stile and Red Pike. Show More Sentences On the left in this view is Green Crag, while the highest section, unnamed on Ordnance Survey maps is called Big Stack by Wainwright. Warnscale Beck, one of the feeder streams of Buttermere, runs down beneath Green Crag from its source near Great Round How. The view is excellent, the high points being Gable Crag on Great Gable and the western panorama of Ennerdale Water and High Crag. Beginning with Walla Crag and Bleaberry Fell in the north, the range climbs gradually to its apex at High Raise, the 'ankle' of the boot analogy. In this sector are Great Crag and Grange Fell, lower hills exposing more rock and popular as short climbs. On the eastern side a further low ridge surrounds Shoulthwaite, topped by the impressive Raven Crag and family favourite High Rigg. Pike of Stickle stands at the western end, followed by Loft Crag, Harrison Stickle and the great cliff of Pavey Ark above Stickle Tarn. Rising between the valleys of Wythburn, Easedale and Greenburn are Calf Crag, Helm Crag, Gibson Knott, Steel Fell and Tarn Crag. Indeed, Sighty Crag is the furthest hill in England from a road. The Walna Scar Road can also be reached from Torver, or from Seathwaite in the Duddon Valley, although the latter results in an indirect climb via Dow Crag. Coniston Old Man has no connecting ridges other than that to Brim Fell, but a discernible rib falls due east via Stubthwaite Crag and Crowberry Haws. The eastern face carries a wealth of features including Flat Crag, Cambridge Crag and the Bowfell Buttress, the latter two providing good climbing. On the western side, descending from Fairfield are Great Rigg, Heron Pike and Nab Scar while the eastern ridge bears the tops of Hart Crag, Dove Crag, High Pike and Low Pike. The south ridge continues the main ridge of the Helvellyn range over Nethermost Pike, High Crag and Dollywagon Pike to terminate at Grisedale Tarn. Litt had been last seen on the bog about 200 yards west of Raven Crag where he had been, with other, resting and watching the hounds in the valley below. Many paths run over the fell including the well known Loughrigg Terrace, a level path with superb views of Grasmere, Helm Crag and the Fairfield group. Beyond lie Calf Crag, Gibson Knott, Helm Crag, Steel Fell and Tarn Crag. In general, quieter walking can be had in the centre of the range from High Seat to Ullscarf, while many walkers will be met on Walla Crag or the Langdale Pikes. In the north, Walla Crag and Bleaberry fell are an easy walk from Keswick, while the Borrowdale road provides access as far south as Eagle Crag and the foot of Langstrath. Pulpit Rock, Pikes Crag, with Kirk Fell and Pillar in the background. Show More Sentences Longer outings take in Haystacks indirectly from Brandreth or High Crag. Beyond the ridge rises again to High Crag, a steep climb on scree. The Mosedale slopes cannot compete with those above Ennerdale, although there is outcropping rock, particularly at Wistow Crags, Elliptical Crag and Murl Rigg. It marks the course of a rock avalanche which fell from Grey Crag on the summit rim of High Stile, and was channeled along the foot of the glacier some 11,000 years ago. Birkness Comb, also called Burtness Comb on Ordnance Survey maps, lies between the truncated and unnamed northern ridges of High Crag and High Stile. To the east the fell is linked to others by Crag Hill and Coledale Hause. The southerly line begins above Derwent Water with the knobbly outline of Causey Pike and then marches west over Scar Crags, Sail, Eel Crag, Wandope and finally Grasmoor. A Granada TV series Wainwright Country included Eagle Crag, Great Calva, Knott Rigg, Pike O'Blisco, Stybarrow Dodd, Thornthwaite Crag and Yewbarrow. The second series, broadcast in 2007, included Catbells, Crinkle Crags, Helm Crag, Helvellyn from Patterdale, High Street from Mardale and Pillar. In 1834, he started purchasing property around Steel Rigg near Crag Lough. Esk Buttress and Pikes Crag are well known rock climbing venues. Below Rough Crag and Pen is a further tier, named Dow Crag and Central Pillar on Ordnance Survey maps, although known as Esk Buttress among climbers. Examples from Classical Literature But its defensibility was practically all the crag fort had to offer by way of attraction. At the entrance of this valley and just before you reach the pandy, which it nearly overhangs, is an enormous crag. I rounded a Naze with a crag upon it, and here is where Skogstad proper begins. Sometimes they resemble a floweret that grows on a rocky crag, then again a ray of moonlight trembling over a restless sea. Howel, could she climb to the crag where we can look down upon the eyry if we helped her up the worst places? The summit of the crag, in the usual Moorish fashion, is crowned by an old castle, the enceinte of which is rather extensive. Do you see that crag that juts out from the side of the lower part of that peak? St. Helier, a hermit in the isle of Jersey, lived for years on a barren crag overlooking the sea. On a jutting crag of rock, in plain view from the town below, is an ancient Roman castellum. While all is hushed, watch the castled crag and the gnarled pine on the hilltop blacken against the golden afterglow. Reflected in that stream is the castled crag of Drachenfels, mirrored as in my heart the image of my dearest Catherine. Dense foliage, with here and there a protruding crag, overhangs the cliffs. Already their leading files had gained the crag beside the chapel. It should leap from crag to crag like the chamois of the Alps. Coral of extinct genus, from the inferior or coralline crag, Suffolk. Second ascensionist Steve Reid reports the crag to be of good, rough rock, although further cleaning would make the climbs more enjoyable. We would leave his body on some crag where it would be found. It was of Alice that every crag and cliff, every bay and inlet spoke. He sat down on the brow of the crag and looked out over the sea. The three men climb a crag, that overhangs the river, to watch us off. Show More Sentences Rounding a crag, he saw redness glow in the face of a steep bluff. He fired four shots in quick succession at promising notches in the crag. They paused at the verge of the crag, and talked in eager, excited tones. At one point was an isolated pyramidal rock, crowned by a great tree, which appeared to be separated by a cleft from the main crag. The Pedlar was as unapproachable as a crag on a mountaintop. The red cap of one of the sailors hung to a point of the rock and some timbers that had formed part of the vessel's keel, floated at the foot of the crag. The Curator brought out a huge book of photos and showed him that very place, perched on its crag, overlooking the gigantic valley of many-hued strata. He was a horrid creature, not like a human being at all, but resembling rather some crag that stands out boldly against the sky on the top of a high mountain. What is the agency which enables us to split Honister Crag, or the cliffs of Snowdon, into laminae from crown to base? Everything was in apple-pie order, except for the snafu in Arzachel, Crag thought bitterly. Crag debated the problem while they pressurized the cabin and removed their suits. In winter and early spring he might generally be found in an earth amongst the rocks at the top of Bull Banks, under Oatmeal Crag. Despite his liking for Prochaska, Crag couldn't forget that he had failed to find the time bomb in a panel he had twice searched. Crag called experimentally into the earphone, without answer. They were still on the sick list when they reached Crag Cottage. The eagles have been dislodged from their eyries on Eagle Crag. Find more words! 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