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Swatte Fell

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Swatte Fell
Highest point
Elevation729.9 m (2,395 ft)[1]
Prominence36.3 m (119 ft)[2]
ListingTu,Sim,D,GT,DN[3]
Naming
English translationEnglish: Sweat Hill [4]
Geography
LocationDumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parent rangeMoffat Hills, Southern Uplands
OS gridNT 11848 11385
Topo mapOS Landranger 78

Swatte Fell is a hill in the Moffat Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies north of the town of Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, south of its parent peak, Hart Fell. It is gently sloping on three sides of the hill, however the east ridge is steep and craggy and features a deep corrie known as Blackhope, from which a popular rock climb, the Coomb Craig ridge, originates, finishing near the summit, and was featured on the OS Explorer 330 map front cover.[5] The normal route is from the southern ridge and can be extended to include a full loop of Blackhope, finishing on Saddle Yoke, known as the Hart Fell Horseshoe.

Subsidiary SMC Summits

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Summit Height (m) Listing[6]
Nether Coomb Craig 724.2 DT,sSim[7]
Falcon Craig 723.7 DT,sSim[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Mountain Search".
  2. ^ "Mountain Search".
  3. ^ "Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide".
  4. ^ "OS1/10/38/116 | ScotlandsPlaces".
  5. ^ "UKC Logbook - 'Coomb Craig Ridge'".
  6. ^ "Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide".
  7. ^ "Mountain Search".
  8. ^ "Mountain Search".