Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Great Rigg

766.4 m

2,514 ftDrop 31 mNY 355 104

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGreat Rigg766.4Fairfield873.3Stone Arthur504Hart Crag823.1Seat Sandal736.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGreat Rigg766.4Fairfield873.3Stone Arthur504
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Great Rigg is a Lake District fell of 766.4 m in Westmorland and Furness. It rises only 31 m above its key col, 4.0% of its height.

It sits below Fairfield, only 1.4 km to the north and 106.9 m higher. Its drop of 31 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. The key col is close by, only 0.3 km to the north at 735 m. Its nearest higher summit, Fairfield, is also the hill its key col leads to.

To scale

Summit766.4 mKey col735 msea level
Key col NY 356 107, 0.3 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

766.4 m58th highest of 242 in England

Drop

31 m1078th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.4 km959th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Fairfield1.4 km north
    873.3 m
  2. 2
    Stone Arthur1.4 km south-west
    504 m
  3. 3
    Hart Crag1.5 km north-east
    823.1 m
  4. 4
    Seat Sandal1.6 km north-west
    736.8 m
1234FairfieldStone ArthurHart CragSeat SandalN1 km

Lists

  • 54th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 97th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 76th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Fairfield, 873.3 m, 1.4 km north
Parent Marilyn
Fairfield
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Rock 15m NE of cairn
DoBIH no.
2539
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Great Rigg

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