Dent (mountain)
| Dent | ||
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 Sight from the Northeast (Blakeley Raise) |
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| height | 352 m ASL | |
| location | Cumbria , England , UK | |
| Mountains | Cumbrian Mountains | |
| Dominance | 1.6 miles → Blakeley Raise | |
| Notch height | 162 m ↓ land bridge north to Flat Fell | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 30 '8 " N , 3 ° 28' 53" W | |
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| Normal way | Unpaved footpath | |
The Dent is a 352 m ASL high mountain classified as Marilyn at the westernmost end of the Lake District near the towns of Cleator Moor and Egremont . Sometimes it is also called as a Long Barrow .
Appearance and location
The elevations over 300 meters on the west side of the Lake District form a V-shaped angle running roughly parallel to the coast, the tip of which is marked by the dent. Despite its insignificant height in the Lake District, it looks massive and prominent in this exposed location, especially since it is separated from the rest of the mountains by deeply cut valleys on the side facing the mountains.
The slopes of the Dent are mostly covered with forest, the flat summit region is overgrown with grassland and boggy in places. While the west side is relatively flat, the east side from the secondary summit Raven Crag drops much more steeply into the Nannycatch valley . The main peak, barely noticeable on the flat upper part, is marked by a cairn .
On the western edge of the mountain runs a small country road from Cleator Moor to Egremont, which is only of local importance because of the much better developed road A5086, which runs parallel.
The mountain lies, although directly adjacent, completely outside the Lake District National Park , the boundary of which runs through the valleys to the east and north.
view
From its exposed location, the western slope and summit offer a wide view over the hill country to the west to the Irish Sea , a good 7 km away , which extends from Ravenglass in the south to the Solway Firth and across to Scotland in the north. The Isle of Man, about 60 km away, can also be seen directly to the west in the sea .
The Cumbrian Mountains form the eastern horizon , dominated by nearby Pillar and Scafell Pike .
use
forestry
The forests on the slopes of the Dent are artificially reforested in order to counteract the erosion of the slopes. Officially, there is a forest area of 512.36 hectares on Dent (as of 2016), which also provides a habitat for a number of wild animals.
measurement
Dent Hill was one of a total of five stations in Cumberland , on the basis of which the first triangulation of Britain was carried out by 1809 . Today there is no longer a measurement point on the Dent. On older maps there is still a trigonometric point about 500 meters west of the summit, marked by a large artificial pile of stones ("cairn").
recreation
The Dent can be reached from several sides via public rights of way and is an easy hiking destination. The Coast to Coast Walk leads over the mountain as its westernmost notable terrain elevation. The east side of Dent to the Nannycatch valley is considered the steepest part of the entire hike.
Together with Flat Fell to the north, the dent takes up a chapter of its own in Alfred Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland . As an Outlying Fell ("mountain lying outside") it is not counted among the Wainwrights .
Individual evidence
- ^ Woodland Trust , accessed January 3, 2019
- ↑ Lieutenant-Colonel William Mudge, RA FRS and Captain Thomas Colby, RE An Account of the Trigonometrical Survey Carried on by Order of the Master-General of His Majesty's Ordnance in the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 , 1807, 1808 and 1809. Published 1811