Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Stone Arthur

504 m

1,654 ftDrop 3 mNY 347 092

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmStone Arthur504Heron Pike (Rydal)612Great Rigg766.4Helm Crag405Nab Scar450
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmStone Arthur504Heron Pike (Rydal)612Great Rigg766.4
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Stone Arthur is a Lake District fell of 504 m in Westmorland and Furness. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 3 m above the col joining it to higher ground.

Only four Wainwrights have less drop. It sits below Heron Pike (Rydal), only 1.3 km to the south-east and 108 m higher. Its key col leads to Fairfield, not to its nearest higher summit, Heron Pike North Top. Its nearest higher summit, Heron Pike North Top (621.3 m, 1.1 km south-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The highest point is recorded as outcrop, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit504 mKey col501 msea level
Key col NY 347 092.

Where it stands

Height

504 m202nd highest of 242 in England

Drop

3 m1135th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.1 km1023rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Heron Pike (Rydal)1.3 km south-east
    612 m
  2. 2
    Great Rigg1.4 km north-east
    766.4 m
  3. 3
    Helm Crag2.1 km west
    405 m
  4. 4
    Nab Scar2.1 km south
    450 m
1234Heron PikeGreat RiggHelm CragNab ScarN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Heron Pike North Top, 621.3 m, 1.1 km south-east
Parent Marilyn
Fairfield
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Outcrop
DoBIH no.
2601
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Stone Arthur

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