Summit and View
The smooth grassy top bears a sizeable cairn, reinforced by many iron posts and fittings salvaged from the Ennerdale Fence. A recent photograph shows that many have been added since Alfred Wainwright drew the cairn in 1966.
Ennerdale Water is well seen from the summit, with parts of the lakes of Crummock Water and Loweswater also visible. High Stile hides part of the arc of the Western Fells, but Pillar and its neighbours make a fine panorama. The North Western Fells are also seen across Crummock Water.
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