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Grey Knotts

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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: Cumberland
Classification: N,W,B,Sy,Fel
Meters/Feet: 697/2287
Feature: cairn on outcrop on W top
Observations: outcrop 155m ENE at NY 21876 12581 is as high and OS bolt and cairn 45m NE of this at NY 21914 12615 is lower
Survey: Abney level
Parent name (Ma): Great Gable
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 21728 12567
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54.502362, -3.210186
DMS
54°30'08.5"N 3°12'36.7"W
UTM
30U 486388 6039437
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