Dent

Dent is a small fell on the fringe of the near the towns of Cleator Moor and . Sometimes known as Long Barrow, it is traditionally the first fell encountered by hikers following Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.
Wikipedia
Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,007 feet
  • Description: mountain in the United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Long Barrow”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Flat Fell and Meadley Reservoir.

Peak
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is a hill located on the edge of the English , standing at 272m. It is included in Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland book, sharing a chapter with Dent. Wainwright's clockwise route to the two summits starts at Wath Brow.

Reservoir
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a reconstructed stone circle in the civil parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside in , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilton and Briscoe.

Hamlet
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the Cumberland district, in the county of , England. It is near the small town of . In 1870-72 it had a population of 253.

Locality
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England. It is located to the east of .

Village
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of , in the Cumberland district of , England. is located on the edge of the , with Dent Fell on the skyline to the south east.

Dent

Latitude
54.50235° or 54° 30′ 9″ north
Longitude
-3.4816° or 3° 28′ 54″ west
Elevation
1,007 feet (307 metres)
Open location code
9C6RGG29+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3484890828
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­cairn
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3209665
Wiki­data ID
Q5259366
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dent” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Long Barrow”
  • Dutch: “Dent”
  • Dutch: “Long Barrow”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل دينت”
  • German: “Dent”
  • Ladin: “Dent”
  • Swedish: “Long Barrow”

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