Listing Hewitt, Nuttall Topo map OS Landrangers 91, 92 Prominence 112 m | OS grid NY802012 Elevation 709 m | |
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Similar Swarth Fell, Wild Boar Fell, Nine Standards Rigg, Great Shunner Fell, Rogan's Seat | ||
High Seat is a fell in the dale of Mallerstang, Cumbria. With a summit at 709 metres, it is the fourth highest fell in the Yorkshire Dales after Whernside, Ingleborough and Great Shunner Fell. It is in the north-western part of the Dales, overlooking the deep trench of Mallerstang, and is usually climbed from this side.
Map of High Seat, Richmond, UK
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.
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 great rivers have their origins within a mile of each other in the peat bogs here: the River Eden, the River Swale, and the River Ure.