Thorpe Fell Top

Marilyn in North Yorkshire, England

Thorpe Fell Top is located in Yorkshire Dales
Thorpe Fell Top
Thorpe Fell Top
Yorkshire Dales, England
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Thorpe Fell Top is the top of the hill of Burnsall and Thorpe Fell in the Yorkshire Dales, itself forming part of a larger wedge of ground between Wharfedale and Skipton.

War memorial on nearby Cracoe Fell

The summit of this grouse moor is 506 metres above sea level and topped with a trig point.[1][2] It was listed in Alan Dawson's "The Relative Hills of Britain" as a Marilyn. However, a number of recent observations and measurements suggest that the base of the war memorial at the top of Cracoe Fell (SD993588) some 1.7 km (1.1 mi) to the south-west, is probably higher, perhaps as high as 510 metres.

Thorpe Fell Top is probably most easily visited from either Thorpe or Burnsall. The track and path marked on Ordnance Survey maps to the north and west of the summit continues all the way to the top of Cracoe Fell. The latter can also be reached along Fell Lane from the village of Cracoe.

References

  1. ^ "OL2" (Map). Yorkshire Dales - Southern & Western Area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 978-0-319-26331-0.
  2. ^ "Thorpe Fell Trig Point". myyorkshiredales.co.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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2. Northern Lakeland3. Western Lakeland4. Central and
Southern Lakeland5. Eastern Lakeland6. North Pennines
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