Dodd Fell Hill

Dodd Fell Hill
Dodd Fell Hill
Highest point
Elevation668 m (2,192 ft)
Prominence230
Parent peakGreat Knoutberry Hill
ListingMarilyn
Coordinates54°15′23″N 2°14′47″W / 54.256371°N 2.246333°W / 54.256371; -2.246333
Geography
Dodd Fell Hill is located in Yorkshire Dales
Dodd Fell Hill
Dodd Fell Hill
OS gridSD840845

Dodd Fell Hill is a hill in the Yorkshire Dales, in North Yorkshire, England. It is classed as a Marilyn (a hill with topographic prominence of at least 150 metres (490 ft)) and its summit is at 668 metres (2,192 ft).[1] The flat summit, known as Dodd Fell Hill, is marked by a concrete trig-point.[2] The hill has a lower summit known as Ten End, which is 1.6-kilometre (1 mi) to the north, and slightly lower at 580 metres (1,910 ft) above sea level.[3]

The name of Dodd Fell is derived from the Middle English Dodde, and the Old Norse Fjall, meaning the hill with the rounded top.[4][5]

Water flowing off the hill to the north-east forms Duerley Beck, and runs down Sleddale and becomes a tributary of the River Ure.[6] Water flowing to the north runs through Snaizeholme, a side dale of Widdale, and the high ridge between the summit of Dodd Fell and Snaizeholme is traversed by the Pennine Way.[7][8]

Rainfall on Dodd Fell at Top Duerley, SD860846, 578 metres (1,896 ft) elevation
Year Rainfall Notes Ref
1968 1,847 millimetres (72.7 in) Location is on the high ground between Dodd Fell and Wether Fell [9]
1969 1,858 millimetres (73.1 in) [10]
1970 1,854 millimetres (73.0 in) [11]
  1. ^ Marsh, Terry (1989). The Pennine mountains: the Cheviots, the Northern Moors, the Howgill fells, the Yorkshire Dales and the High Peak. London: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 20. ISBN 0-3404-3039-7.
  2. ^ Kelsall, Dennis (2009). The Yorkshire Dales: north and east : Howgill Fells, Mallerstang, Swaledale, Wensleydale and Nidderdale. Milnthorpe: Cicerone. p. 195. ISBN 9781852845094.
  3. ^ Lennie 2005, p. 44.
  4. ^ Metcalfe, Peter; Gower, Ted (1992). Place-names of the Yorkshire Dales: origins and meanings. Harrogate: North Yorkshire Marketing. p. 36. ISBN 1-873214-03-0.
  5. ^ Lennie 2005, p. 43.
  6. ^ Lennie 2005, p. 45.
  7. ^ Lennie 2005, p. 46.
  8. ^ "OL2" (Map). Yorkshire Dales - Southern & Western Area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 978-0-319-26331-0.
  9. ^ Rainfall 1968. Bracknell: Meteorological Office. 1974. p. 10. ISBN 0-11-400279-7.
  10. ^ Rainfall 1969. Bracknell: Meteorological Office. 1979. p. 4. ISBN 0-86-180-021-4.
  11. ^ Rainfall 1970. Bracknell: Meteorological Office. 1979. p. 4. ISBN 0-86-180-022-2.