Yewbarrow

Yewbarrow
Yewbarrow (left) from Wast Water
Highest point
Elevation	628 m (2,060 ft)
Prominence	c.142 m (466 ft)
Listing	Hewitt, Wainwright, Nuttall
Coordinates	54°27′51″N 3°16′39″W / 54.46421°N 3.27738°W / 54.46421; -3.27738Coordinates: 54°27′51″N 3°16′39″W / 54.46421°N 3.27738°W / 54.46421; -3.27738
Geography
Yewbarrow Location in Lake District, UK
Location	Cumbria, England
Parent range	Lake District, Western Fells
OS grid	NY173084
Topo map	OS Landrangers 89, 90, Explorer OL6

Listed summits of Yewbarrow
Name	Grid ref	Height	Status
Yewbarrow North Top	NY175091	616 m (2,020 ft)	Hewitt

Yewbarrow is a fell in the English Lake District which lies immediately north of the head of Wast Water. It is 628 metres high and in shape resembles the upturned hull of a boat or a barrow. Yewbarrow is on the left in the classic view of Great Gable and Wast Water.

The top of Stirrup Crag forms a second summit 616 metres (2,021 feet) high, half a mile north of the main summit. The Hewitt and Nuttall lists classify the north top as a separate summit.

The name is derived from the past prevalence of yew trees on the fell and its "barrow" shape.

The Western Fells occupy a triangular sector of the Lake District, bordered by the River Cocker to the north-east and Wasdale to the south-east. Westwards the hills diminish toward the coastal plain of Cumberland. At the central hub of the high country are Great Gable and its satellites, while two principal ridges fan out on either flank of Ennerdale, the western fells in effect being a great horseshoe around this long wild valley. Yewbarrow is an outlier of the southern arm.

The main watershed runs broadly westwards from Great Gable, dividing the headwaters of Ennerdale and Wasdale. Travelling in this direction the principal hills are Kirk Fell, Pillar, Scoat Fell, Haycock and Caw Fell. Scoat Fell throws out a long southern ridge terminating in Yewbarrow, with Red Pike standing part way along.

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