Great Mell Fell

Great Mell Fell
Great Mell Fell seen from Gowbarrow Fell
Highest point
Elevation537 m (1,762 ft)
Prominence198 m (650 ft)
Parent peakHelvellyn
ListingMarilyn (hill), Wainwright
Coordinates54°37′12″N 2°55′59″W / 54.62°N 2.933°W / 54.62; -2.933
Naming
English translationLarge bare hill
Language of nameBrittonic (Cumbric), English
Pronunciation/ˌɡrt ˌmɛl ˈfɛl/
Geography
Great Mell Fell is located in the Lake District
Great Mell Fell
Great Mell Fell
Great Mell Fell is located in the former Eden District
Great Mell Fell
Great Mell Fell
Location in Eden, Cumbria
LocationCumbria, England
Parent rangeLake District, Eastern Fells
OS gridNY397254
Topo mapOS Explorer OL5, Landranger 90

Great Mell Fell (Bare hill, with the later additions of both "Fell" and "Great") is an isolated hill or fell in the English Lake District, north of Ullswater and adjacent to the Eastern Fells. It rises from a level plain to a height of 537 m. Its top is a viewpoint for many of the surrounding higher fells. The fell is now owned and managed by the National Trust and offers a place of quiet refuge.

The fell was once well wooded, and retains a good covering of trees on the lower slopes, as well as scattered larches and pines higher up. Its rock is unusual for the Lake District, a reddish conglomerate of Devonian age, which has been eroded to form a rounded hill with smooth outlines and no rocky crags.