Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Brae Fell

585.4 m

1,921 ftDrop 15 mNY 288 351

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBrae Fell585.4Great Sca Fell651Longlands Fell483Meal Fell549.4Knott710.1
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBrae Fell585.4Great Sca Fell651Longlands Fell483
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×35 (method).

Brae Fell is a Lake District fell of 585.4 m in Cumberland. It rises only 15 m above its key col, 2.6% of its height.

Its key col leads to Knott, not to its nearest higher summit, Little Sca Fell. Its nearest higher summit, Little Sca Fell (633 m, 0.9 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the south-east at 570.4 m. The database describes the top as a large cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit585.4 mKey col570.4 msea level
Key col NY 2896 3490, 0.3 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

585.4 m163rd highest of 242 in England

Drop

15 m1108th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.9 km1069th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Great Sca Fell1.3 km south
    651 m
  2. 2
    Longlands Fell1.3 km west
    483 m
  3. 3
    Meal Fell1.5 km south
    549.4 m
  4. 4
    Knott2.3 km south
    710.1 m
1234Great Sca FellLonglands FellMeal FellKnottN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Little Sca Fell, 633 m, 0.9 km south
Parent Marilyn
Knott
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
2344
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Brae Fell

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures