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Seat Sandal is a
fell in the
English Lake District, it's situated four kilometres north of the village of
Grasmere from where it's very well seen. Nevertheless, it tends to be overshadowed by its more illustrious neighbours in the
Eastern Fells,
Helvellyn and
Fairfield.
Topography
The fells western flanks above
Dunmail Raise are grassy and smooth while its eastern slopes are steep and craggy as they fall away towards Grisedale Hause which at 537 m (1,761 ft) contains Lakeland's highest substantial tarn, Grisedale Tarn. The fell reaches a height of 736 m (2,415 ft) and just scrapes into the list of
Marilyns by being given
prominence of "around" 150 metres from the higher fell of Fairfield, however this must be a borderline case as there's no
Ordnance Survey surveyed height for the top of Grisedale Hause.
Alfred Wainwright gives it a height of 1929 feet (588 metres) giving Seat Sandal a topographic prominence of only 148 metres (two metres short of Marilyn qualification). The hills unusual name comes from the
Norse language, meaning “Sandulf’s Hill Pasture”, Sandulf being being a
Nordic personal name.
Seat Sandal is distinctive in that its
drainage reaches the sea at more widely spread points than any other Lakeland Fell. with Raise Beck going through
Thirlmere and
Derwent Water to reach the
Irish Sea at
Workington, Tongue Beck going through Grasmere and
Windermere to reach
Morecambe Bay and Grisedale Beck draining into
Ullswater and then to the sea at the
Solway Firth. The fell's main topographic attraction is Gavel Crag on its eastern side, which is connected to the main body of the fell by a fine rock arete.
Dunmail Raise provides the topographical connection between the Eastern and
Central Fells,
Steel Fell rising on the other side of the pass.
Geology
A ill of
andesite lava forms the summit, the rocks beneath being the
dacitic lapilli-
tuffs of the Lincomb Tarns Formation.
Ascents
The fell can be ascended from Grasmere or Dunmail Raise although a start from
Patterdale is quite feasible. The Grasmere or Patterdale starts use the old
packhorse route that links the two places; this is now part of Wainwright’s
Coast to Coast Walk. When Grisedale Hause is reached it's a steep climb to the summit following a broken wall. The ascent from Dunmail Raise follows the bed of Raise Beck until it peters out at a height of 580 m (1,900 ft), it's then a walk south up easy slopes to reach the summit.
View
The view from the top is limited by the nearby Helvellyn and Fairfield ranges although there's a good view of Lakeland to the west, the Solway Firth and Criffel are viewed on a good day as is Morecambe Bay to the south.
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