Eagle Crag
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Eagle Crag seen from the Stonethwaite valley
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | c. 521 m (1,709 ft) |
| Prominence | c. 25 m |
| Parent peak | Sergeant's Crag |
| Listing | Wainwright |
| Coordinates | 54°29′56″N 3°07′15″W / 54.49902°N 3.12097°WCoordinates: 54°29′56″N 3°07′15″W / 54.49902°N 3.12097°W |
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 Eagle Crag
Location in lake District, UK
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| Location | Cumbria, England |
| Parent range | Lake District, Central Fells |
| OS grid | NY275121 |
| Topo map | OS Explorer OL4 |
Eagle Crag is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England, it is situated near the village of Stonethwaite where the valleys of Langstrath and Greenup join. Impressive walls of crag look down upon Stonethwaite, making Eagle Crag the most arresting sight from that settlement. It can be climbed direct by the average walker, picking a route between the rock faces.
The fell has not been given an official height by the Ordnance Survey and is given various heights by several other sources ranging between 520 and 525 metres. Bill Birkett gives the fell a height of 521 metres (1,709 ft) in his Complete Lakeland Fells.Alfred Wainwright gave the height at 1,650 feet (503 metres) approx in his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells in 1958, in which he writes:
Eagle Crag is part of the craggy termination of the northern ridge of the higher fell of High Raise and it presents a spectacular sight when viewed from the Stonethwaite valley. It is linked to Sergeant's Crag which is just under a kilometre away to the south by a ridge along which runs a dry stone wall which acts as navigation guide for walkers between the two tops.
The summit area is formed of the welded rhyolitic lapilli-tuff, tuff and breccia of the Crinkle Member. Patches of rhyolite outcrop lower down the slope.
A small cairn marks the summit, balanced on a tilted slab of rock, with crags a few yards distant to west and north. A corner in the dry stone wall is a couple of minutes walk away southward. The view from the top of the fell is best to the north and west with Borrowdale and the Langstrath valley and the fells around them being well seen.
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