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After the climb up the wall above Wren's Crag gives a good shelter from the wind!

"For romantic novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott it was a massive fortress which was at the heart of his epic poem,The Bridal of Triermain. For news reporters in 1939 it was 'The Lakeland Everest' which was 'conquered' when local climbing hero, Jim Birkett and his team made the first climbing ascent of its intimidating north face." This picture was taken in February 2004, but in 2011..."Now the imposing Castle Rock of Triermain, which has magnetically drawn visitors to the Lake District for centuries, looks likely to suffer a serious disfigurement of its impressive northern facade, as a crack on the face - which was first reported in 2011 - has reportedly widened to the extent that some are predicting the approaching winter freeze will finally prize a massive shield of rock from the face." www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/oct/04/lakedistrict-mountaineering-castle-rock-of-trierman-walter-scott

The present church in Sheepy Magna was rebuilt in 1778 and stands on the site of a much earlier building. There is documentary evidence to suggest that the earlier church probably predated 1150. When the church was rebuilt it appears that the outline plan was close to the original building. The North aisle and a porch were added in 1859. Amongst the treasures of All Saints; the jewels must be the Burne-Jones and Kempe stained glass windows.