High Seat (Yorkshire Dales)

For the fell in the Lake District, see High Seat (Lake District).

High Seat
The escarpment of Mallerstang Edge - High Seat is away to the right
Highest point
Elevation	709 m (2,326 ft)
Prominence	112 m (367 ft)
Listing	Hewitt, Nuttall, HuMP.
Coordinates	54°24′22″N 2°18′18″W
Geography
High Seat Yorkshire Dales, England
OS grid	NY 802 012
Topo map	OS Landrangers 91, 92

High Seat is a fell in the dale of Mallerstang, Cumbria. With a summit at 709 metres (2,326 ft), it is the fourth highest fell in the Yorkshire Dales after Whernside, Ingleborough and Great Shunner Fell.[1] It is in the north-western part of the Dales, overlooking the deep trench of Mallerstang, and is usually climbed from this side.[2]

To the south-east is Hugh Seat (whose summit is marked by Lady Anne's Pillar, commemorating Sir Hugh de Morville). On the opposite (western) side of Mallerstang is the more striking (but 1 metre lower) Wild Boar Fell.

It is not a Marilyn, having a relative height of 112 m, and therefore may be regarded as a subsidiary top of Great Shunner Fell, to the east. It is, however, a HuMP.

Oddly enough, it is the highest point on the main England east-to-west watershed in the Dales, the three higher fells being some distance from the watershed.

Three main rivers have their origins in the peat bogs here: the River Eden, the River Swale, and the River Ure.[3]

See also

• Wild Boar Fell

References

1. Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 105. ISBN 9781840337532.
2. Lee, J. A. (2015). Yorkshire dales. London: William Collins. p. 317. ISBN 9780007503698.
3. Speight, Harry (1897). Romantic Richmondshire. Being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the pictuesque valleys of the Swale and Yore. London: E Stock. p. 280. OCLC 7241488.

External links

• "A walk through Mallerstang"
• High Seat on My Yorkshire Dales