Armboth Fell

The fell is a domed plateau, three-quarters of a mile across, jutting out to the east of the Derwentwater-Thirlmere watershed, in the Borough of Allerdale.

Armboth Fell joins the main ridge via a shallow depression, a little to the south of High Tove, and due east of Middle Crag.

Fisher Gill takes the shorter course, flowing straight for the shore of the reservoir through a break in the conifers below Cockrigg Crag.

Prominent on the eastern flank of the fell is Fisher Crag (1,386 feet, 422 m), a striking rock face set all about by trees and midway between the two gills.

The only remaining structure is the summerhouse of Armboth Hall which lies amid the trees,[3] although a number of ruins, enclosures and tracks can still be found within the forest.

[1] There are views east to the Helvellyn range and westward over the main ridge to the higher fells where a great sweep from Grisedale Pike to Bowfell can be seen.

[1] To quote Wainwright "walkers of a contrary turn of mind will summarily reject the advice to leave Armboth Fell well alone, and may indeed be strengthened in their determination to climb it.

Signpost on the A591 road to the former settlement at Armboth
Outline of former building or enclosure at Armboth