Hugh Seat

Hugh Seat is a mountain, or more accurately a fell, in Mallerstang on the eastern edge of Cumbria, England. It lies on the border between Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Hugh Seat is a high point above Black Fell Moss, an extensive area of peat bog drained by Red Gill Beck, which is the source of the River Eden. At this "watershed of England" two other great rivers, the Ure and the Swale, also rise within a kilometre of the Eden. Although it has a relatively small prominence, having several other high points nearby (and is therefore classified as a "sub-Hewitt" or a Nuttall but not a Marilyn), Hugh Seat nevertheless rises conspicuously above the source of the River Eden. The old name for this peak was Hugh Seat Morvill or sometimes Morvil Hill, (and Daniel Defoe confuses it with Wild Boar Fell in his "Tour"). Near the summit there is a column of cut stones, known as "Lady's Pillar", and the inscription AP1664 can just be made out – for Anne Pembroke, Lady Anne Clifford's married name.

Elevation: 689 m

Country: United Kingdom

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