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The Rain Stone (Stanza Stone) at Cow’s Mouth Quarry

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The Rain Stone (Stanza Stone) at Cow’s Mouth Quarry

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The Rain Stone (Stanza Stone) at Cow’s Mouth Quarry

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Location: Greater Manchester, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Blackstone Edge Reservoir – Warland Reservoir Tower loop from Timbercliffe

9.59km

02:28

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2. Blackstone Edge Reservoir – Stone Bridge Over Stream loop from Timbercliffe

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3. The White House Inn – Blackstone Edge Reservoir loop from Timbercliffe

5.53km

01:29

70m

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Adventurer Nic

November 1, 2020

Inscribed with the poetry of Simon Armitage, the Rain Stone can be found at Cow’s Mouth Quarry along the Pennine Way. The poem 'Rain' reads:

Be glad of these freshwater tears,
Each pearled droplet some salty old sea-bullet
Air-lifted out of the waves, then laundered and sieved, recast as a soft bead and returned.
And no matter how much it strafes or sheets, it is no mean feat to catch one raindrop clean in the mouth,
To take one drop on the tongue, tasting cloud pollen, grain of the heavens, raw sky.
Let it teem, up here where the front of the mind distils the brunt of the world.

NuroStaar

June 15, 2022

The Rain Stone inscribed with the poetry of Simon Armitage, is part of the Stanza Stones collaboration between imove, IIkley Literature Festival, Simon Armitage and Pennine Prospects, as part of the wider Stanza Stones Walk.

As you approach the quarry from the White House, watch for a small stone arched bridge spanning the catch water drain on your right about 75 yards before the crags. The path from the bridge affords a close up view of the face carrying the carving.

There are six "Stanza Poems" all carved on rock, and all bearing poetry written by Yorkshire poet, Simon Armitage, and chiselled by artist, Pip Hall and her apprentice, Wayne Hart.

The six ‘Stanza Stones’ poems celebrate water in all its forms: snow, rain, mist, dew, puddle and beck and were commissioned in 2010 by the Ilkley Literature Festival in the run up to the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Glenn F. Q. Delikan

February 25, 2024

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Elevation 410 m

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The Rain Stone (Stanza Stone) at Cow’s Mouth Quarry

1. Blackstone Edge Reservoir – Warland Reservoir Tower loop from Timbercliffe

2. Blackstone Edge Reservoir – Stone Bridge Over Stream loop from Timbercliffe

3. The White House Inn – Blackstone Edge Reservoir loop from Timbercliffe

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