Summit and View
The summit bears a small cairn built on top of a mound. The Ordnance Survey maps identify this as a tumulus and it is believed to have been a Bronze Age burial mound.
Due to its isolation from higher ground, Great Mell Fell is a Marilyn, and an excellent viewpoint.
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