Mickle Fell

Mickle Fell
Western side of Mickle Fell
Highest point
Elevation	788 m (2,585 ft)
Prominence	c. 210 m
Parent peak	Cross Fell
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt, County Top, Nuttall
Coordinates	54°36′48″N 2°18′18″W / 54.61347°N 2.305°W / 54.61347; -2.305Coordinates: 54°36′48″N 2°18′18″W / 54.61347°N 2.305°W / 54.61347; -2.305
Geography
Mickle Fell Mickle Fell in County Durham
Location	Pennines, England
OS grid	NY804243
Topo map	OS Landrangers 91, 92

Mickle Fell is a mountain in the Pennines, the range of hills and moors running down the middle of Northern England. It is 788 metres (2,585 ft) high and lies slightly off the main watershed of the Pennines, about ten miles south of Cross Fell.

It is the highest point of both the ceremonial county of County Durham and the historic county of Yorkshire,^{[note 1]} lying in the southern part of Teesdale which was transferred from the North Riding of Yorkshire to County Durham under the Local Government Act 1972.

The name of Mickle Fell comes from the Old Norse word Mikill meaning Great and Fell (or fjäll) meaning mountain or hill.

The fell lies in the middle of a large area of boggy moorland and requires a long hike to get to it from any direction. Mickle Fell's distinctive outline makes it a recognisable object in views from the Lake District hills, particularly Blencathra, the Helvellyn range, and High Street. South of Mickle Fell the ridge descends to the Stainmore Gap before rising again into the Yorkshire Dales.

Mickle Fell and surrounding moorland forms part of the Warcop Training Area, a Ministry of Defence firing range. As a result, public access to the fell is limited.^[1] It can be ascended from the Eden Valley to the west, or from Teesdale to the east.

Marilyns are rare in the North Pennines because of the relative flatness of the moors, but Mickle Fell is one such hill: it is separated from its neighbours by over 200 m of relative height.

High Cup

High Cup Nick

On the moor to the west of Mickle Fell between Murton Fell and Dufton Fell is a remarkable natural formation known as High Cup — a vast 'hole' in the moorside, similar in form to an elongated crater. A waterfall at the head of the Cup is called High Cup Nick. The feature is well seen from the A66 road. The Pennine Way goes past High Cup on its cross-watershed trek from Middleton-in-Teesdale to Dufton.

Notes

↑ Whernside is the highest point within the boundaries of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.

References

↑ "Public access to military areas". GOV.UK.

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Hills of the North Pennines

Marilyns	Burnhope Seat Cold Fell Cross Fell Dufton Pike Mickle Fell

Hewitts	Bink Moss Black Fell Burtree Fell Chapelfell Top Dead Stones Flinty Fell Great Dun Fell Great Stony Hill Grey Nag Killhope Law Knock Fell Little Dun Fell Little Fell Meldon Hill Melmerby Fell Murton Fell Round Hill The Dodd Three Pikes Viewing Hill Westernhope Moor

Other hills	Knock Pike

Marilyns of Northern England

1. Northumberland	The Cheviot Housedon Hill Long Crag Peel Fell Ros Hill Shillhope Law Sighty Crag Tosson Hill

2. Northern Lakeland	Binsey Blencathra Knott Skiddaw

3. Western Lakeland	Blake Fell Dale Head Dent Grasmoor Great Gable Grisedale Pike High Stile Kirk Fell Lord's Seat Low Fell Mellbreak Pillar Robinson Seatallan Swinside Watch Hill

4. Central and Southern Lakeland	Black Combe Claife Heights Coniston Old Man Hard Knott Harter Fell High Raise High Rigg Holme Fell Illgill Head Kirkby Moor Lingmoor Fell Loughrigg Fell Muncaster Fell Pike of Blisco Scafell Pike Top o' Selside Whitfell

5. Eastern Lakeland	Arnside Knott Fairfield Grayrigg Forest Great Mell Fell Gummer's How Hallin Fell Helvellyn High Street Hutton Roof Crags Lambrigg Fell Little Mell Fell Place Fell Red Screes St Sunday Crag Seat Sandal Stony Cove Pike Tarn Crag Wansfell Whitbarrow

6. North Pennines and Durham	Burnhope Seat Cold Fell Cross Fell Dufton Pike Mickle Fell

7. Northern Yorkshire Dales	Baugh Fell The Calf Great Shunner Fell Hoove Kisdon Nine Standards Rigg Rogan's Seat Wild Boar Fell Yarlside

8. Southern Yorkshire Dales	Aye Gill Pike Birks Fell Buckden Pike Calf Top Cracoe Fell Dodd Fell Hill Fountains Fell Great Coum Great Knoutberry Hill Great Whernside Ingleborough Pen-y-ghent Rombald's Moor Sharp Haw Whernside

9. North York Moors to the Humber	Bishop Wilton Wold Cringle Moor Gisborough Moor Urra Moor

10. Forest of Bowland	Easington Fell Fair Snape Fell Longridge Fell Ward's Stone White Hill

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