Harter Fell (Eskdale)

The Harter Fell is a mountain in Cumbria, England in the South West of the Lake District between Eskdale Valley and the Duddon Valley.

The mountain has a saddle height of 276 m and a total height of 649 m and is therefore a Marilyn. On the mountain there is a trigonometric point.

The Harter Fell limits the Hardknott Pass to the south.

Alfred Wainwright has the mountain as one of the very few beautiful mountains of the Lake District described mainly seen of Eskdale from. It trails lead from all directions on the Harter Fell.

Geology

The mountain provides an insight into the region's geology. The mountain consists largely of volcanic andesite. However, the layer structure is clearly visible, as is below the top layer of andesite a Dazitschicht which in turn lies on a Andesitschicht. On the northern slope intercalation of pyroclastic sediments between the layers are visible. At the end of the 19th century. was mined on Harter Fell copper. The traces of this degradation are still visible today.

Swell

• Alfred Wainwright: A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 4 The Southern Fells, ISBN 0-7112-2457-9.

• Mountain in Europe
• Mountain in Cumbria
• Mountain under 1000 meters
• Lake District
• Marilyn ( Geography)