Howgill Fells
The Howgill Fells, or Howgills for short, form an unpopulated mountainous region in northern England. The highest point is The Calf with 676 m ASL .
Form and position
The roughly triangular region is bordered by the three places Sedbergh (in the south), Tebay (in the northwest) and Ravenstonedale (in the northeast), about 6 km further northeast is the small town of Kirkby Stephen . The River Lune flows around the Howgill Fells on the north and west side, the eastern border forms the valley of the River Rawthey .
The appearance of the Howgill Fells is characterized by relatively small-scale, dense elevations in contrast to the wide ridges of the adjacent Pennines. At the top, the hills are mostly flat and rounded, overgrown with grass or heathland, but the valleys in between are often deep and steep.
Topographically, the Howgill Fells are a bridge between two major mountains: the Cumbrian Mountains to the west and the Pennines to the east.
There are no settlements within the mountainous area, there are some farmsteads in the peripheral areas.
The Howgill Fells are entirely within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Surname
The name Howgill is made up of the Old Norse words haugr ("hill") and gil ("valley cut"). Fell means "mountain" in northern English.
traffic
Only a few footpaths and unpaved roads lead through the uninhabited mountain country. After all, the Dales High Way , which was launched in 2008, also runs a long-distance hiking trail in a north-south direction through the center of the area. The Coast to Coast Walk runs parallel to the northern edge a few kilometers away.
On the western edge of the region, the River Lune has cut the narrow Lune Gorge , through which the M6 motorway and the West Coast Main Line run. On the northern edge along which leads A685 , on the eastern edge the A683 .
mountains
There are two Marilyns in the Howgill Fells :
- The Calf ( 676 m ASL )
- Yarlside ( 639 m ASL )
as well as (with these two) five Hewitts .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visit Cumbria , accessed March 29, 2018.
Coordinates: 54 ° 22 ′ 2.7 ″ N , 2 ° 30 ′ 46.7 ″ W.