Knock Murton Explained

Knock Murton
Elevation M:446.4
Prominence M:140
Parent Peak:Blake Fell
Listing:HuMP, Tump, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger, Clem
Location:Lake District, England
Coordinates:54.5587°N -3.4014°W
Grid Ref Uk:NY095191
Topo:OS Outdoor Leisure 4
Map:United Kingdom Lake District

Knock Murton or Murton Fell is a hill of in the north west of the Lake District, England.[1] It lies in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria.[2]

It is classed as a Fellranger, being described by Richards in his book series.[3] It is among the 21 such summits (originally 18 before the extension of the Lake District) which are not included in Wainwright's list of 214.[4] In the Blake Fell section of the 2020 edition of Wainwright's The Western Fells it is noted that Wainwright had described it as "the forbidden peak" and that "A tight forest fence at one time encircled the whole of Murton Fell", but that there is now free access for walkers either from the forest road to the south or over a stile in the fence to the north.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Murton Fell [Knock Murton] ]. www.hill-bagging.co.uk . 13 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Murton Fell, Copeland (or Knock Murton) - area information, map, walks and more . OS GetOutside . Ordnance Survey . 13 February 2021 . en-gb.
  3. Book: Richards . Mark . Walking the Lake District Fells - Buttermere: High Stile, Grasmoor, Grisedale Pike and Haystacks . 2020 . Cicerone Press Limited . 978-1-78362-840-7 . https://books.google.com/books?id=rhsMEAAAQBAJ&q=buttermere+richards&pg=PT4 . en . Knock Murton.
  4. Web site: Fellranger additional fells . Cicerone . 13 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160708203238/https://www.cicerone.co.uk/static.cfm/cid/239/content/fellranger-additional-fells . 8 July 2016.
  5. Book: revised by Clive Hutchby. Wainwright . Alfred . The Western Fells: Wainwright's Illustrated Walking Guide to the Lake District Book 7 . 3 March 2020 . Quarto Publishing Group UK . 978-0-7112-3660-8 . Blake Fell 4 . 13 February 2021 . en.