Great Shunner Fell

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Great Shunner Fell

Great Shunner Fell from the north-east
Elevation 716 m (2,349 ft)
Prominence c. 297 m
Parent peak Cross Fell
Listing Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Location
Great Shunner Fell
North Yorkshire, England
Range Yorkshire Dales
OS grid SD848972
Coordinates 54°22′12″N 2°14′08″W / 54.37008°N 2.23546°W / 54.37008; -2.23546Coordinates: 54°22′12″N 2°14′08″W / 54.37008°N 2.23546°W / 54.37008; -2.23546
Topo map OS Landranger 98

Great Shunner Fell is the third highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, and the highest point in Wensleydale;[1] at 716 metres above sea level.

The Pennine Way passes over its summit, on the way from Hawes to Keld. The popularity of this route had eroded vegetation from a strip 70 m wide across the moor, which has been alleviated since 1996 by the construction of a path made of flagstones.[2]

The summit holds a + shaped windbreak of which the triangulation pillar has been built into the northern 'arm'.

Great Sleddale Beck, which becomes the River Swale after its confluence with Birkdale Beck has its sources on the northern slopes of Great Shunner Fell, while the southern slopes drain into the River Ure and Wensleydale.

The dominating rock type in the area is limestone, but millstone grit forms outcrops extensively on Great Shunner Fell, and coal seams have also been worked on its slopes.[3]

Great Shunner Fell is the most southerly remaining outpost in Great Britain for the yellow marsh saxifrage, Saxifraga hirculus.[4]

Gallery

  • The last few yards to the summit

  • The summit plateau of Great Shunner Fell viewed from the south

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cotterdale and Great Shunner Fell". Dalesman.co.uk. December 2003. 
  2. ↑ "Pennine Way". Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. 2006. 
  3. ↑ "Wensleydale character areas". Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. 2006. 
  4. ↑ "Yellow marsh saxifrage Saxifaga hirculus species action plan". Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. 
Hills of the Northern Yorkshire Dales
Marilyns
Hewitts
Other hills
  • Winder
Marilyns of Northern England
1. Northumberland
2. Northern Lakeland
3. Western Lakeland
4. Central and
Southern Lakeland
5. Eastern Lakeland
6. North Pennines
and Durham
7. Northern Yorkshire Dales
8. Southern Yorkshire Dales
9. North York Moors
to the Humber
10. Forest of Bowland


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