Outlying Fells - Highest and Lowest

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)

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