Caw (hill) explained

Caw
Elevation M:529
Prominence M:132
Parent Peak:Old Man of Coniston
Listing:Wainwright Outlying Fell, HuMP, Dodd, Dewey, Birkett,Synge, Fellranger, Clem
Location:Lake District, England
Coordinates:54.3386°N -3.1861°W
Grid Ref Uk:SD 230945
Topo:OS Explorer 96
Map:United Kingdom Lake District

Caw is a hill in Cumbria, England, near the village of Seathwaite above the Duddon Valley, reaching 1735feet 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.[1] His anticlockwise route from Seathwaite returns over Pikes at 1520feet and Green Pikes at 1350feet.

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.[2] Richards describes it as "A great stand-alone fell with plenty to offer the explorer".[3] It is also classified as a Birkett, Clem, Dewey, Dodd, HuMP and Synge.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wainwright, A.. Alfred Wainwright

    . Alfred Wainwright. The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. 1974. Westmorland Gazette. Kendal. 120–125. Caw.

  2. Web site: Fellranger additional fells . Cicerone . 9 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160708203238/https://www.cicerone.co.uk/static.cfm/cid/239/content/fellranger-additional-fells . 8 July 2016.
  3. Book: Richards . Mark . The Old Man of Coniston, Swirl How, Wetherlam and the South . Cicerone Press Limited . 978-1-78362-847-6 . 54–60 . https://books.google.com/books?id=2fgOEAAAQBAJ&dq=caw+richards+fellranger&pg=PA4 . 9 February 2021 . en . Caw. 15 February 2021 .
  4. Web site: Caw . www.hill-bagging.co.uk . 9 February 2021.