Cow and Calf Rocks

The Cow and Calf rocks are a large rock formation on Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, and known as a famous local symbol. The rocks are made of millstone grit, a variety of sandstone. The rocks are so named because one is large, and another, smaller one sits close to it, like a cow and calf. Once there was a bull, but that was quarried for stone during the spa-town boom Ilkley was part of in the 19th century.

According to local legend, the Calf was split from the Cow when the giant Rombald (Ilkley Moor is sometimes referred to as Rombald's Moor) was fleeing an enemy, and stamped upon the rock.