Wainwrights (W): The Wainwrights Lakeland Fells appear in the series of seven guidebooks created by Alfred Wainwright. They are not all hills or summits; some are just prominent points at the end of a ridge or spur from a higher mountain.
County: Westmorland and Furness
Classification: N,sSim,W,B,Sy,Fel
Meters/Feet: 624/2047
Feature: no feature: grass mound
Observations: this is Nuttall/Subsimm/Birkett summit; cairn (Wainwright) 200m NE at NY 38179 14485 is lower
Survey: Leica Disto/Leica RX1250
Parent name (Ma): St Sunday Crag
Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.1 (http://www.hills-database.co.uk)
Copyright: Creative Commons License
Notes: The inclusion of a summit on our site may not always mean the hill is accessible. Some summits may be on private land with no public right of way or open access. Landowner permission must be sought before accessing a hill on private land. Access rights in Scotland are separate from the rest of the UK.
Classification: N,sSim,W,B,Sy,Fel
Meters/Feet: 624/2047
Feature: no feature: grass mound
Observations: this is Nuttall/Subsimm/Birkett summit; cairn (Wainwright) 200m NE at NY 38179 14485 is lower
Survey: Leica Disto/Leica RX1250
Parent name (Ma): St Sunday Crag
Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.1 (http://www.hills-database.co.uk)
Copyright: Creative Commons License
Notes: The inclusion of a summit on our site may not always mean the hill is accessible. Some summits may be on private land with no public right of way or open access. Landowner permission must be sought before accessing a hill on private land. Access rights in Scotland are separate from the rest of the UK.
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NY 38018 14358
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54.520711, -2.959051
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54°31'14.6"N 2°57'32.6"W
UTM
30U 502650 6041459
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