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notes:-
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'Munros' are hills in Scotland over 3000 feet. They were listed by Sir Hugo Munro,
baronet, in 1891; the list is kept uptodate. There are 282 Munros (I think).
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Also in Scotland there are 'Corbetts' from 2500 to 3000 feet, and 'Grahams' from 2000
to 2500 feet; which must have a prominence of 500 feet.
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Munro, Hugo, Sir: 1891 (Sep): Munros Tables: Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal
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'Furth Munros' ie furth of Scotland, are Munro size but in England, Wales, etc. There
are 6 in England, all in The Lakes:-
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Scafell Pike - 978m
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Sca Fell - 964m
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Helvellyn - 950m
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Ill Crag, Eskdale - 935m
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Broad Crag, Eskdale - 934m
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Skiddaw - 931m
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The Ordnance Survey give altitude in metric measures, metres, but imperial measures,
feet, are still popular and comprehensible. Conversion is easy but unreliable. There
are 2.54cm in 1 inch. Convert metres to feet by (altitude*100)/(2.54*12); feet to
metres by altitude*(12*2.54)/100. BUT remember that an accuracy of +- 1m is +- 3 feet.;
so be wary of the answer to your sums. This is why the list of Munros gets revised,
as people estimate or survey more accurately; rounding off is dangerous. Trig points
have altitudes expressed very accurately, but don't take for granted that they are
at the summit of a hill or mountain. The altitudes given in the Old Cumbria Gazetteer
come from various sources and are a guide but not a reliable fact (I hope to revise).
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There are also:-
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'Marylins' in the UK, any altitude with a prominence of more than 150m, 492 feet
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'Nuttals' in England and Wales, altitude over 2000 feet, 610m and a prominence of
at least 15m, 49.2 feet
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'Hewitts' in Great Britain, altitude over 2000 feet, 610m, prominence more than 30m,
98.4 feet
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'P600s' with a prominence of more than 600m, which include Scafell Pike, Helvellyn,
Skiddaw and Cross Fell at 893m prominence 651m
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'Wainwrights' any hill with its own chapter in Alfred Wainwright's guides
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'Birketts' in The Lakes, fell tops over 1000 feet, 305m
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'County Tops' the highest point in each county of England; Scafell Pike in Cumberland;
Helvellyn in Westmorland, lying half in Cumberland.
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'Deweys' in England and Wales, over 500m, 1640 feet and less than 2000 feet, 609.6m
(that's what my source said), prominence more than 30m, 98 feet
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'Hardys' highest points in a UK hill range of more than 1000 acres
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'Tumps' in Britain any height with a prominence of more than 30m
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The oonty tumps in my garden are rather smaller, prominence about 4 or 5 inches.
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My apologies to anyone concerned if I have got any of this wrong.
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