Whitestone Cliff or White Mare Crag

The pride of the Tabular Hills. Not really white, but a pale-buff-colouring.

Comprised of limey sandstone and oolitic limestones, it’s alternative name is supposed to come from a tempermental thoroughbred racehorse which galloped from the training ground on the plateau and leapt down the crag with her rider¹Burns, Tom Scott. “The Walker’s Guide to the Hambleton Hills”. 1997. Smith Settle. ISBN 1-85825-061-7.

The rock looks friable and the base inaccessible but the crag is popular for climbing. Climbers from nearby R.A.F. Leeming and Topcliffe pioneered many of the early routes²Rock Climbs on The North York Moors. Cleveland Mountaineering Club. 1985..

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  Burns, Tom Scott. “The Walker’s Guide to the Hambleton Hills”. 1997. Smith Settle. ISBN 1-85825-061-7
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  Rock Climbs on The North York Moors. Cleveland Mountaineering Club. 1985.