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Haycock is flat topped and carries the Ennerdale Fence, in this section a substantial dry stone wall. Tongue Gill, the principal headwater of the Bleng, flows from the southern side of the saddle while on the opposite side is the steep headwall of Silver Cove, a deeply enclosed
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and Caw Fell. The surrounding valleys gradually diverge until at Caw Fell they are 6 miles (10 km) apart and other rivers spring up to drain the intervening country. The Bleng rises to the south of Caw Fell, while Worm Gill drains the western slopes. The fell is therefore the end of the westerly
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The south west ridge over
Stockdale Moor can be followed from the car park at Bleng Bridge, this being over five miles (8 km) each way. From Bowness Knott in Ennerdale, Caw Fell can be reached in a similar distance via the Tongue End spur. Indirect ascents can be made via
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Iron Crag Mine operated below the crag of that name from around 1864 to 1896. 500 tons of haematite ore was raised in 1881, but the mine never proved a commercial success. Other smaller operations ran briefly in Silver Cove and Deep Gill.
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lying on the northern slope. The rock face giving Iron Crag its name overlooks Silver Cove, but is not particularly prominent. From this top the ridge swings west again, the rough northern flanks running above the shore of
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Bleaberry Gill. Running due north between this corrie and Silver Cove is the ridge of
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Blengdale to the south. Caw Fell is distant from any point of access by Lakeland standards, but can be climbed from Blengdale or Bowness Knott car-parks.
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Caw Fell also has a lower level south west ridge, running down between the River Bleng and Worm Gill. This descends first to
Stockdale Moor, a site littered with
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to the south east. Westwards the hills diminish toward the coastal plain of
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Formation beneath. The rest of the fell exhibits rock of the Ennerdale Intrusion, granophyric
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run of the ridge, and the watershed curves north around the head of Worm Gill, crossing the subsidiary top of
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side-valley running into Ennerdale. The heathery spur of Tongue End runs parallel to the east.
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The north eastern flanks are overlain by drift deposits with the
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461:Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
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863:Full list of Wainwrights by area
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882:Fells of the Lake District
322:640 m (2,099 ft)
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598:Complete Lakeland Fells
545:Caw Fell from Iron Crag
524:and Crag Fell from the
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892:Borough of Copeland
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757:Grey Knotts
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747:Great Gable
742:Great Borne
474:plagioclase
452:hut circles
372:Great Gable
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105:Coordinates
77:Parent peak
876:Categories
832:Scoat Fell
787:High Stile
737:Gavel Fell
727:Fellbarrow
707:Buckbarrow
697:Blake Fell
692:Base Brown
551:References
432:prominence
395:Scoat Fell
358:Topography
277:Landranger
115:54°29′10″N
94:Wainwright
64:Prominence
18:Caw (hill)
852:Yewbarrow
837:Seatallan
807:Mellbreak
797:Lank Rigg
792:Kirk Fell
782:High Crag
772:Haystacks
722:Crag Fell
702:Brandreth
428:Iron Crag
412:Lank Rigg
408:Crag Fell
404:Iron Crag
387:Kirk Fell
376:Ennerdale
352:Ennerdale
348:Lank Rigg
312:Iron Crag
143:Geography
118:3°20′35″W
54:Elevation
887:Nuttalls
802:Low Fell
777:Hen Comb
717:Caw Fell
509:Scafells
507:and the
478:andesite
476:-phyric
332:Caw Fell
317:NY123119
301:Grid ref
283:OL4, OL6
281:Explorer
279:89, 90,
269:Topo map
261:NY132109
222:Location
202:Caw Fell
169:Caw Fell
31:Caw Fell
847:Steeple
767:Haycock
532:Gallery
515:Ascents
485:granite
468:Geology
399:Haycock
383:Wasdale
368:Wasdale
344:Haycock
325:Hewitt
307:Status
255:OS grid
230:England
226:Cumbria
98:Nuttall
89:Listing
82:Haycock
817:Pillar
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495:Summit
448:tumuli
391:Pillar
304:Height
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522:Grike
501:cairn
481:lavas
334:is a
635:ISBN
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362:The
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298:Name
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