Dunmallet

Dunmallet[1] or Dunmallard Hill[2] is a small hill in the English Lake District, near Pooley Bridge, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.[1] It reaches 775 feet (236 m) and Wainwright describes the ascent, from Pooley Bridge, as a "simple after-dinner stroll". He lists two other early spellings: Dunmalloght and Dunmallock The hill is wooded and the views from the top limited.[1]

The summit of Dunmallet

Remains of an Iron Age hill fort have been detected on the hill.[3]

References
  1. Wainwright, A. (1974). "Dunmallet". The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 214–215.
  2. This name is used on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map.
  3. Historic England. "Dunmallard Hillfort (11131)". PastScape. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

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