Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Ullscarf

723 m

2,372 ftDrop 114.1 mNY 291 121

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmUllscarf723Eagle Crag522.8Sergeant's Crag571Calf Crag537High Raise762.5
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmUllscarf723Eagle Crag522.8Sergeant's Crag571
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Ullscarf is a Lake District fell of 723 m in Cumberland. It stands 200.2 m above its nearest neighbour, Eagle Crag, 1.6 km to the west.

Its key col leads to High Raise, not to its nearest higher summit, Low White Stones. It shares its height of 723 m with Thunacar Knott. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Clough Head (726 m) and Thunacar Knott (723 m). Its nearest higher summit, Low White Stones (731 m, 2.3 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. Its drop of 114.1 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit723 mKey col608.9 msea level
Key col NY 2857 1052, 1.7 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

723 m82nd highest of 242 in England

Drop

114.1 m947th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.3 km713th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Eagle Crag1.6 km west
    522.8 m
  2. 2
    Sergeant's Crag1.9 km south-west
    571 m
  3. 3
    Calf Crag2.0 km south-east
    537 m
  4. 4
    High Raise2.9 km south
    762.5 m
1234Eagle CragSergeant's CragCalf CragHigh RaiseN1 km

Lists

  • 75th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 135th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 106th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Low White Stones, 731 m, 2.3 km south-west
Parent Marilyn
High Raise
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2412
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Ullscarf

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