Derwent Water, Friar's Crag, The Ruskin Monument 1906
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This simple stone obelisk on the summit of Friar's Crag, Derwent Water, commemorates the great Victorian critic and Lake District conservationist John Ruskin, whose early memory was apparently being taken by his nurse to this spot.

An extract from Lake District Photographic Memories.

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