Rombalds Moor Trig is situated at the highest point of both Ilkley Moor and Rombalds Moor – Rombalds Moor consists of several moors which includes Ilkley Moor to the north as well as Burley Moor, Hawksworth Moor, Baildon Moor, Bingley Moor, Morton Moor, and Addingham High Moor.
Rombalds Moor may be named after a corruption of Romille (the moors surrounding Skipton having been given to Robert de Romille by William the Conqueror) or after a local legend:
In local legend, Rombald was the name of a giant who stomped his way over these moors, often followed by his quarrelsome wife (who is always nameless). She is famous for chasing him across the miles of moorland with a skirt full of stones, dropping them occasionally. Some of these piles of stones are known as the Little and Great Skirtful of Stones – and are in fact prehistoric burial mounds.
On Landscape
The concrete base of Rombalds Moor Trig is in fairly good condition, and its flush bracket is intact.
Although the views from Rombalds Moor Trig are not exactly spectacular, it does offer 360-degree views over Rombalds Moor and the surrounding area.
To the north-east are the distinctive “golf balls” of RAF Menwith Hill (37 large, white radomes that house radar and satellite antennas) and the Knabs Ridge Wind Farm.
Getting to Rombalds Moor Trig
There are many hiking routes that pass Rombalds Moor Trig, including the 45-mile Millennium Way loop. The shortest way to the trig point is from the end of Ilkley Road, where a paved trail heads east towards the trig.
The trail passes a radio transmitter on the right, and then a bit further on the ruins of what may have been a farm building.
Just before Rombalds Moor Trig are The Thimbles, a set of large boulders which also offer a nice vantage point over the landscape.
The carpark at the end of Ilkley Road is about 12 miles (25min) from the town of Ilkley.
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