Skiddaw
Skiddaw from Borrowdale
Skiddaw is one of the 214 Wainwright mountains mentioned ( fur ) in the northern English Lake District National Park.
With 931 meters above sea level, it is the fourth highest peak in both the Lake District as well as in England and the lowest, which is just over 3000 feet, a height that represents a certain brand in the English system of measurement.
It lies a few kilometers north of the town of Keswick and Blencathra is next to the most famous peaks in this area of the park. From the mountains of this height in the Lake District, it is the most accessible summit. This has the consequence that it is one of the most popular and most visited mountain peaks of the Lake District, which results in a severe erosion leading to the summit road to yourself.
The origin of the name Skiddaw is not released. There are three interpretations that derive from Old Norse: Mountain of Archers, hills with jagged ridge or mountain firewood.
The mountain is in contrast to the predominantly volcanic origin of the other mountains of the Lake District for the most part from Skiddaw Slate, a greenish slate from the Ordovician, in the surrounding villages was the predominant material in the building of houses in the past. Furthermore happens hornfels, which was used for the production of one of the oldest European lithopone, the Musical Stones of Skiddaw, which was produced in the years 1827-1840 in Keswick by Joseph Richardson, a stonemason and musician.