Dollywaggon Pike
| Dollywaggon Pike | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 858 m (2,815 ft) |
| Prominence | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Parent peak | Helvellyn |
| Listing | Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright |
| Coordinates | 54°30′29″N 3°00′42″W / 54.50807°N 3.01156°WCoordinates: 54°30′29″N 3°00′42″W / 54.50807°N 3.01156°W |
| Geography | |
 Dollywaggon Pike
|
|
| Location | Cumbria, England |
| Parent range | Lake District, Eastern Fells |
| OS grid | NY346130 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 90, Explorer OL5 |
Dollywaggon Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands on the main spine of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells, between Thirlmere and the Ullswater catchment.
The spelling "Dollywaggon" is used on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps but "Dollywagon" on 1:50,000 maps. The Ordnance Survey gazetteer, nominally based on the 1:50,000 maps, lists only "Dollywaggon Pike". As of 2005, the "Dollywagon" spelling is slightly more common in online references. Alfred Wainwright used "Dollywaggon Pike" in his Pictorial Guide, a position supported by other writers. One etymology for the word Dollywaggon gives an Old Norse source formed by the combination of dolgr ('fiend' or 'giant') and veginn ('lifted').
The Helvellyn range runs broadly north–south for about 7 miles, remaining above 2,000 ft (600 m) throughout its length. Dollywaggon Pike is the southernmost fell of the ridge proper, with Nethermost Pike immediately to the north. There is a subsidiary top between Nethermost and Dollywaggon Pikes named High Crag (884 m). Due to the very limited depression between the two, most guidebooks follow Wainwright in counting High Crag as a part of Nethermost Pike. To the south of Dollywaggon Pike is the complex depression containing Grisedale Tarn, with Seat Sandal and Fairfield rising beyond.
In common with much of the Helvellyn range there is a marked contrast between the western and eastern slopes of Dollywaggon Pike. In Wainwright's words "To the west, uninteresting grass slopes descend to Dunmail Raise almost unrelieved by rock and scarred only by the wide stony track gouged across the breast of the fell by the boots of generations of pilgrims to Helvellyn. But the eastern side is a desolation of crag and boulder and scree."
...
Wikipedia