Claife Heights
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| Claife Heights | |||
| Lancashire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Claife Heights Trig Point | |||
| Range: | Furness Fells | ||
| Summit: | 886 feet; SD382973 54°22’5"N, 2°57’7"W | ||
Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, in ‘High Furness’ in the very north of Lancashire. It forms a long ridge between Windermere (on the county border) to the east and Esthwaite Water to the west.
Though not of any great height, with a summit at just 886 feet, the ridge has a topographic prominence of 581 feet, sufficient for it to be classified as a ‘Marilyn’ (a hill with prominence of at least 150m).
The heights are the subject of a chapter of Alfred Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.[1] He describes a clockwise circuit starting at Far Sawrey and passing Moss Eccles Tarn. Wainwright says:
| “ | Claife Heights is delightful. It was more so before forestry curtailed walking and restricted the views. | ” |
He describes it as "No definite summit. Highest parts about 900ft."
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References
- ↑ Wainwright, Alfred: The Outlying Fells of Lakeland (1974)