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Haystacks (Buttermere)

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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: 5,Dew,W,B,Sy,Fel
Meters/Feet: 597/1959
Feature: cairn
Observations: this is the S cairn and is about 2m higher than N cairn 50m N at NY 19336 13204
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 19333 13152
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54.507243, -3.247321
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54°30'26.1"N 3°14'50.4"W
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30U 483985 6039988
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