Friars' Crag

As well as its natural beauty, Friars' Crag is known for its literary and artistic associations with, among others, Robert Southey, J. M. W. Turner, John Ruskin and Arthur Ransome The 7th-century priest and hermit Saint Herbert lived on an island in Derwentwater.

[5] The crag is at the end of a promontory about half a mile south of the modern boat landing-stages at Keswick, and is reached by a footpath along the eastern side of the lake.

[9] In October 1900, nine months after his death, a monument to Ruskin was unveiled at the side of the path to Friars' Crag.

[1] The driving force behind the erection of the Ruskin memorial was Hardwicke Rawnsley, one of the three founders of the National Trust.

He died in 1920, and in his memory the trust raised money to buy Friars' Crag and the surrounding land.