Everything about Seatallan totally explained
Seatallan is a mountain in the western part of the
English Lake District. It is rounded,
grassy and fairly unassuming, occupying a large amount of land. However, it's classed as a
Marilyn because of the low elevation of the
col connecting it to
Haycock, its nearest higher neighbour to the north. The name Seatallan is believed to have a
Cumbric origin, meaning "Aleyn's high
pasture".
Topography
The
Western Fells occupy a triangular sector of the Lake District, bordered by the River Cocker to the north east and
Wasdale to the south east. Westwards the hills diminish toward the coastal plain of Cumberland. At the central hub of the high country are
Great Gable and its satellites, while two principal ridges fan out on either flank of
Ennerdale, the western fells in effect being a great horseshoe around this long wild valley. Seatallan is an outlier of the southern arm.
The main watershed runs broadly westwards from Great Gable, dividing the headwaters of
Ennerdale and
Wasdale. Travelling in this direction the principal hills are
Kirk Fell,
Pillar,
Scoat Fell,
Haycock and
Caw Fell. Haycock sends out a long southern ridge terminating in
Seatallan.
Seatallan begins at the Pots of Ashness, a broad grassy depression to the south of Haycock. From here a stiff ascent up what may have been a landslip
Seatallan's most prominent feature is
Buckbarrow, the 400 ft rampart of crags on the southern edge overlooking lower Greendale and
Wast Water. Buckbarrow is given a separate chapter in
A. Wainwright's
The Western Fells, and is thus classed as a
Wainwright, despite having virtually no
topographic prominence of its own. That convention is followed here. Above Buckbarrow are the minor tops of Glade How and Cat Bield, leading onto the great south west shoulder. Seatallan has other areas of much less impressive crag above the upper Bleng (Raven Crag) and Nether Beck (Winscale How).
Geology
Much of the fell is covered in deep drift deposits, but the underlying rock is generally the
plagioclase-phyric
dacite lava referred to as Seatallan Dacite. Above the Bleng are large areas of
diorite, while around Buckbarrow there are outcrops of the
andesite Birker Fell Formation. Minor intrusions of
rhyolite and
basalt have been located to the north.
Summit and View
A large
tumulus marks the summit, alongside an
Ordnance Survey triangulation column. The top is grassed and it's assumed that the tumulus was built from stones on the north slope. The view is heavily obstructed by the main range of the western fells, the highpoints being the
Scafells and
Coniston Fells.
Wastwater can be brought into view by walking north east.
Further Information
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