Boat How

Area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County:Cumberland
Country:England
Classification:Wainwright Outlying Fell and Birkett
(also Fellranger, Synge, and Tump)
Height:337m (with a drop of 79m)
Maps:OL6(N) Explorer or 89, 90 Landranger
Grid Ref:NY177034         Hills nearby: 5km 10km 20km
Summit:single stone embedded in grass - photo
Notes:outcrops 4m SW are 10cm lower
Daylight:dawn 05:40, sunrise 06:16, sunset 18:25, dusk 19:00
External links:Wikipedia

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Boat How
Boat How


Wainwright describes an anticlockwise circuit of Boat How from Boot. He says: "Its proliferation of ancient remains makes it a happy hunting ground for walkers with an eye for relics of days long past", mentioning the four stone circles nearby.

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Photo by David Brown and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) licence. For more information about this photo, including on copyright, see the photo's home page.

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