Coventry Cathedral bronze effigy and tomb of its first bishop, Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs, survived. The ruins of this older cathedral remain hallowed ground and are listed at Grade I. Following the bombing of the medieval cathedral in 1940, Provost Richard Howard had the words "Father Forgive" inscribed on the wall behind the altar of the ruined building. The spire rises to 90 m (295 ft) and is the tallest structure in the city. It is also the third tallest cathedral spire in England, with only Salisbury and Norwich cathedrals rising higher. The current St Michael's Cathedral, built next to the remains of the
Bear Creek Spire Bear Creek Spire Bear Creek Spire is located in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County in eastern California in the southwestern United States and is the 46th highest mountain in California and the 225st highest mountain in the United States. Bear Creek Spire is part of the John Muir Wilderness and the Inyo National Forest. Bear Creek Spire was named in 1908 by Joseph LeConte, James Hutchinson and Duncan McDuffie, because of its position at the head of the Hilgard Branch of Bear Creek. The first ascent of Bear Creek Spire was a solo climb by Hermann Ulrichs in 1923