Highest and Lowest
The highest three summits listed by Wainwright are:
- Walna Scar 2,035 feet (620 m)
- Black Combe 1,970 feet (600 m)
- Great Yarlside 1,986 feet (605 m)
The lowest summits are:
- Humphrey Head 172 feet (52 m), of which Wainwright says "A fell it certainly is not, being a meagre 172 feet above the sea..."
- Cartmel Fell/Raven's Barrow 500 feet (150 m)
- Newton Fell South 585 feet (178 m)
Read more about this topic: The Outlying Fells Of Lakeland
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