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To the north the summit ridge continues across a broad grassy saddle to
Bowscale Fell, the crags continuing a little way into the territory of the neighbouring fell. By contrast to the south east the fell ends in White Horse Bent, the abrupt ridge-end descent to the Glenderamackin. This river has one
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The north eastern side of the ridge looks down upon the valley of
Bannerdale Beck, a tributary of the Glenderamackin. The crags on this side are almost continuous for a mile in length, the highest sections falling 600 ft (180 m) to the valley. The major breach is a spur protruding from the
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Mungrisdale village to the east the Glenderamackin can be followed as far as its confluence with Bannerdale Beck. From here the east spur climbs almost direct to the summit, the rock scenery improving throughout and ending with a gentle scramble. An alternative from Mungrisdale is the
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Less direct is the climb from Scales, first crossing
Mousthwaite Combe to reach the Glenderamackin to the south of the fell. From here a straightforward assault on White Horse Bent is one alternative, or the miners track can be followed to Saddleback Old Mine and the source of the river.
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Glenderamackin lies on the opposite slope. Across the col smooth slopes rise once more up the south western flank of the Bannerdale Crags ridge. There is little clue here to the wall of crags on the other side.
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of flat stones. Nearer the face is another cairn, referred to on older large scale maps as a currick – a stone shelter built by shepherds. The view is surprisingly extensive, the
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Saddleback Old Mine lies to the south of the fell, near to the col connecting it with
Blencathra. This was also driven for lead, but the vein proved to consist mainly of
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of the most convoluted passages in the district, passing around the south and east of
Bannerdale Crags, before turning back on itself to surround
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A broad convex slope descends northward from
Blencathra's Atkinson Pike top, gradually resolving into two ridges. The western arm continues to
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395:. An attempt was made to market this as a pigment, but commercial success was elusive and there are no records of operation after 1894.
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from an east- west vein system with two major levels being over 100 ft long. Further workings below the summit were known as the
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mine was operated at the base of the crag itself, primarily in the latter half of the nineteenth century. This raised
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The summit of the fell is smooth and grassy, the highest point being set back from the crags and marked by a small
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are also in view, but the highlight is probably Sharp Edge and the eastern prospect of
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16:Mountain in the Lake District, England
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35:Bannerdale Crags from Mungrisdale
683:Full list of Wainwrights by area
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171:Location in Lake District, UK
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702:Fells of the Lake District
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461:Complete Lakeland Fells
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712:Hewitts of England
662:Skiddaw Little Man
652:Mungrisdale Common
499:: Dalesman (1995)
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290:Mungrisdale Common
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102:Coordinates
70:Parent peak
696:Categories
572:Blencathra
412:References
367:Ordovician
281:Topography
267:Blencathra
236:Landranger
112:54°39′06″N
87:Wainwright
57:Prominence
647:Meal Fell
637:Long Side
617:High Pike
587:Carl Side
582:Brae Fell
557:Bakestall
363:greywacke
359:siltstone
140:Geography
115:3°01′56″W
47:Elevation
707:Nuttalls
393:limonite
386:graphite
355:mudstone
243:Explorer
228:Topo map
220:NY335290
181:Location
657:Skiddaw
627:Latrigg
399:Ascents
349:Geology
339:Eastern
273:in the
260:English
258:in the
238:89, 90
214:OS grid
189:England
185:Cumbria
82:Listing
567:Binsey
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378:galena
325:Summit
95:Nuttal
91:Hewitt
622:Knott
369:age.
361:with
331:cairn
254:is a
597:Dodd
501:ISBN
465:ISBN
442:ISBN
380:and
374:lead
357:and
341:and
269:and
256:fell
294:col
245:OL5
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