Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Illgill Head

608.8 m

1,997 ftDrop 312.2 mNY 168 049

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmIllgill Head608.8Whin Rigg (Wasdale)537Middle Fell582Buckbarrow423Yewbarrow628.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmIllgill Head608.8Whin Rigg (Wasdale)537Middle Fell582
Looking north, 108 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Illgill Head is a Lake District fell of 608.8 m in Cumberland. It is one of the 39 Wainwrights that are also Marilyns.

On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between High Seat (609 m) and Seathwaite Fell (Wainwright summit) (601.1 m). The highest point is recorded as rock, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit608.8 mKey col296.6 mdrop 312.2 msea level
Key col NY 1829 0555, 1.6 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

608.8 m155th highest of 242 in England

Drop

312.2 m405th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.6 km483rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Whin Rigg (Wasdale)2.3 km south-west
    537 m
  2. 2
    Middle Fell2.9 km north-west
    582 m
  3. 3
    Buckbarrow3.5 km west
    423 m
  4. 4
    Yewbarrow3.6 km north
    628.7 m
1234Whin RiggMiddle FellBuckbarrowYewbarrowN2 km

Lists

  • 129th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 855th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Yewbarrow, 628.7 m, 3.6 km north
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
Summit
Rock
DoBIH no.
2454
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Illgill Head

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