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| Fiend's Fell, Glassonby | ||
| Fiend's Fell | ||
| civil parish:- | Glassonby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NY643406 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6440 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY64 | |
| altitude:- | 2082 feet | |
| altitude:- | 635m | |
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| evidence:- | perhaps old map:- Cooper 1808 placename:- Hartside Fell |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to
1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips,
Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808. click to enlargeCOP3.jpg "Hartside Fell" hill hachuring; mountain or hill item:- JandMN : 86 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
On occasion a cloud is seen lying on the fell top, and above it, a space in between,
a dark band of swirling cloud; these are the Helm Cloud and Helm Bar, precursors of
a Helm Wind. This enormous wind comes off the fell into the Eden Valley, sometimes
with the force of a hurricane, and from it came the reputation of Fiends Fell as an
evil place. |
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| A missionary from Canterbury climbed the fell to exorcise the evil, and erected a
cross on the fell top, renaming it Cross Fell. The cross is now gone; the wind still
blows. |
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