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Swarth Fell

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Listing
  
Hewitt, Nuttall

Topo map
  
OS Landranger 98

Prominence
  
76 m

Parent range
  
Pennines

OS grid
  
SD7557596660

Elevation
  
681 m

Parent peak
  
Wild Boar Fell

Swarth Fell httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb2

Coordinates
  
54° 21' 0" N 2° 22' 54" W

Location
  
Mallerstang, Cumbria, England

Mountain range
  
Pennines, Yorkshire Dales Northern Fells

Similar
  
Wild Boar Fell, Baugh Fell, High Seat, Yarlside, The Calf

Swarth Fell is an approximately 1 mile (1.5 km) stretch of high ground (consisting mainly of limestone capped with millstone grit) situated to the south of Wild Boar Fell, of which it is a continuation.
It is mostly within Mallerstang, Cumbria, but the boundary between Cumbria and North Yorkshire (historically Westmorland and the West Riding of Yorkshire) runs along its length, just to the west of the highest points.

Map of Swarth Fell, Sedbergh, UK

The summit, (681m, 2234 ft) which is marked by a cairn, and is listed as both a Hewitt and a Nuttall, lies 2.1 km to the south of the summit of Wild Boar Fell, the two fells being separated by a col - where there are several cairns, and a small unnamed tarn. (This small tarn can just be seen in the photograph above right).

The name "Swarth" fell, like most of the names of geographical features in the area, is of Norse origin: svartr, dark in colour.

Approximately 1 km south-east of the summit is the fell's other high point, Swarth Fell Pike (651 m, 2136 ft).
Baugh Fell, Yorkshire Dales, is 5.3 km to the south-west.

References

Swarth Fell Wikipedia