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The western flank is named Willie Wife Moor for reasons lost to antiquity. It is bounded by
Birkside Gill to the north and Raise Beck to the south, Reggle Knott being the only area of rough ground. At the base of the slope Raise Beck flows north to Thirlmere, having been diverted as a part of the
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1884 reservoir project. It previously turned south down the other side of
Dunmail Raise pass to feed Grasmere. Before this diversion, Dollywaggon Pike was distinctive in that its drainage reached the sea at more widely spread points than any other Lakeland Fell, with Raise Beck going through
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surrounded on three sides by crag. Ruthwaite Cove is now the site of
Ruthwaite Lodge, a climbing hut. It was formerly the setting for more industrious activity, with the remains of several levels and some shallow open mineworking being visible near the Lodge. These excavations were made for
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has a depth of around 110 feet (34 m) and holds brown trout, perch and eels. The outflow is to
Ullswater to the north east, picking up all of the rainfall from the eastern face of Dollywaggon Pike. To the west of the tarn is the unnamed col between Dollywaggon Pike and Seat Sandal and
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Grisedale Hause, the depression between Seat Sandal and Fairfield. Thus Seat Sandal stands topographically on the ridge between the two higher fells, but so out on a limb that many walkers proceed directly from Dollywaggon Pike to Fairfield.
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1:25,000 maps but ‘Dollywagon’ on 1:50,000 maps. The
Ordnance Survey gazetteer, nominally based on the 1:50,000 maps, lists only ‘Dollywaggon Pike’. As of 2005, the ‘Dollywagon’ spelling is slightly more common in online references.
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Dollywaggon Pike the ridge narrows and then steps up over High Crag to the plateau top of Nethermost Pike. In the other direction the high ground curves south-east around Cock Cove before a long slope falls to
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Helvellyn range runs broadly north–south for about 7 miles (11 km), remaining above 2,000 feet (600 m) throughout its length. Dollywaggon Pike is the southernmost fell of the ridge proper, with
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ascends by a series of rocky steps making straight for the summit. At the bottom of The Tongue is Spout Crag, standing above
Grisedale Beck and forcing walkers to take a detour from the ridgeline.
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Geologically the summit of the fell forms part of the
Deepdale Formation, (principally volcaniclastic sandstone) underlain by the dacitic lapilli-tuff of the Helvellyn Formation.
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almost unrelieved by rock and scarred only by the wide stony track gouged across the breast of the fell by the boots of generations of pilgrims to
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and the fell can also be reached from the Grasmere area via Grisedale Tarn. Ascents up the western slopes are unimpeded but uninteresting.
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Map showing Dollywaggon Pike and surrounding features from 1925.
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Mountain in the English Lake District, Cumbria, England
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371:The spelling ‘Dollywaggon’ is used on
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102:Coordinates
70:Parent peak
1007:Patterdale
986:Categories
962:White Side
927:Red Screes
877:Heron Pike
852:Great Rigg
842:Great Dodd
681:, Book 1:
592:References
586:Patterdale
491:Workington
471:Windermere
410:Topography
355:, between
324:Landranger
112:54°30′29″N
95:Wainwright
60:Prominence
1012:Allerdale
887:High Pike
872:Helvellyn
862:Hart Side
857:Hart Crag
827:Fairfield
822:Dove Crag
524:-bearing
495:Ullswater
487:Irish Sea
479:Thirlmere
473:to reach
450:Helvellyn
437:Fairfield
429:High Crag
392:Old Norse
390:gives an
361:Ullswater
357:Thirlmere
210:Allerdale
140:Geography
115:3°00′42″W
75:Helvellyn
50:Elevation
1002:Nuttalls
912:Nab Scar
902:Low Pike
467:Grasmere
359:and the
328:Explorer
316:Topo map
308:NY346130
269:Location
580:Ascents
560:Geology
351:in the
302:OS grid
277:England
273:Cumbria
254:Cumbria
214:Cumbria
91:Nuttall
82:Listing
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517:corrie
506:copper
404:veginn
87:Hewitt
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802:Birks
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541:arête
398:dolgr
339:is a
726:ISBN
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553:tarn
522:lead
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367:Name
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326:90,
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330:OL5
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