Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Great Crag (Stonethwaite)

449 m

1,473 ftDrop 34 mNY 270 146

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGreat Crag (Stonethwaite)449Grange Fell417.2Castle Crag290Rosthwaite Fell – Bessyboot551Eagle Crag522.8
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGreat Crag (Stonethwaite)449Grange Fell417.2Castle Crag290
Looking north, 87 km wide, heights ×36 (method).

Great Crag (Stonethwaite) is a Lake District fell of 449 m in Cumberland. It rises only 34 m above its key col, 7.6% of its height.

Its key col leads to High Raise, not to its nearest higher summit, High Crag. Its nearest higher summit, High Crag (451.4 m, 0.9 km south-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.2 km to the east at 415 m. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit449 mKey col415 msea level
Key col NY 272 146, 0.2 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

449 m219th highest of 242 in England

Drop

34 m1075th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.9 km1069th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Grange Fell1.7 km north
    417.2 m
  2. 2
    Castle Crag2.4 km north-west
    290 m
  3. 3551 m
  4. 4
    Eagle Crag2.6 km south
    522.8 m
1234Grange FellCastle CragRosthwaite FellEagle CragN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
High Crag, 451.4 m, 0.9 km south-east
Parent Marilyn
High Raise
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2491
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Great Crag (Stonethwaite)

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