High Seat (Yorkshire Dales)

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High Seat
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Coordinates	54°24′22″N 2°18′18″W / 54.406°N 2.305°W / 54.406; -2.305
Geography
High Seat Yorkshire Dales, England
OS grid	NY 802 012
Topo map	OS Landrangers 91, 92

High Seat is a fell in the dale of Mallerstang, Cumbria. With a summit at 709 metres (2,326 ft), it is the fourth highest fell in the Yorkshire Dales after Whernside, Ingleborough and Great Shunner Fell.^[1] It is in the north-western part of the Dales, overlooking the deep trench of Mallerstang, and is usually climbed from this side.^[2]

To the south-east is Hugh Seat (whose summit is marked by Lady Anne's Pillar, commemorating Sir Hugh de Morville). On the opposite (western) side of Mallerstang is the more striking (but 1 metre lower) Wild Boar Fell.

It is not a

Oddly enough, it is the highest point on the main England east-to-west

Three main rivers have their origins in the peat bogs here: the River Eden, the River Swale, and the River Ure.^[3]

See also

• Wild Boar Fell

References