Caw
Summit trig point, with Black Combe on left horizon
Highest point
Elevation529 m (1,736 ft)[1]
Prominence132 m (433 ft)[1]
Parent peakOld Man of Coniston
ListingWainwright Outlying Fell, HuMP, Dodd, Dewey, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Clem
Coordinates54°20′19″N 3°11′10″W / 54.33861°N 3.18611°W / 54.33861; -3.18611
Geography
Caw is located in the Lake District
Caw
Caw
Lake District, England
OS gridSD 230945
Topo mapOS Explorer 96

Caw is a hill in Cumbria, England, near the village of Seathwaite above the Duddon Valley, reaching 1,735 feet (529 m) and having a trig point at the summit (OS grid SD231945). It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.[2] His anticlockwise route from Seathwaite returns over Pikes at 1,520 feet (460 m) and Green Pikes at 1,350 feet (410 m).

Caw is a Fellranger, being included in Mark Richards' The Old Man of Coniston, Swirl How, Wetherlam and the South as one of the 18 (now 21) of his 227 (230 with the extension of the national park) summits which are not in Alfred Wainwright's list of 214.[3] Richards describes it as "A great stand-alone fell with plenty to offer the explorer".[4] It is also classified as a Birkett, Clem, Dewey, Dodd, HuMP and Synge.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Caw". www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ^ Wainwright, A. (1974). "Caw". The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 120–125.
  3. ^ "Fellranger additional fells". Cicerone. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ^ Richards, Mark (15 February 2021). "Caw". The Old Man of Coniston, Swirl How, Wetherlam and the South. Cicerone Press Limited. pp. 54–60. ISBN 978-1-78362-847-6. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
Categories