Dollywaggon Pike
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| Dollywaggon Pike | |
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| Elevation | 858 m (2815 ft) |
| Location | Lake District, England |
| Prominence | 50 m |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 90 |
| OS grid reference | NY346130 |
| Listing | Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright |
Dollywaggon Pike is a fell in the eastern part of the English Lake District. It is the 18th highest Wainwright, and is alternatively named Dollywagon Pike.
The fell is 858 metres (or 2815 feet) high and has a prominence of 50 metres. It stands between Nethermost Pike and Seat Sandal on the ridge extending south from Helvellyn. The fell is often overshadowed by its bigger neighbours Helvellyn and Fairfield.
The western slopes are smooth, grassy and steep, providing quite a boring climb; far better is the eastern face, where crags descend into Ruthwaite Cove and the high wild country at the head of Grisedale. A climb this way means a long walk from the village of Patterdale.
The spelling "Dollywaggon" is used on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps but "Dollywagon" on 1:50,000 maps. The Ordnance Survey gazeteer, nominally based on the 1:50,000 maps, lists only "Dollywaggon Pike". As of 2005, the "Dollywagon" spelling is slightly more common in online references. Alfred Wainwright used "Dollywaggon Pike" in his Pictorial Guide.
[edit] See also
| Helvellyn range |
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Clough Head | Great Dodd | Watson's Dodd | Stybarrow Dodd | Raise | White Side | Helvellyn Lower Man | Helvellyn | Nethermost Pike | Dollywaggon Pike |
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Outliers: Green Side | Hart Side | Sheffield Pike | Catstye Cam | Striding Edge | Birkhouse Moor |
