This passes over Brownthwaite Crag (444 metres (1,456 ft)) and the rockier top of Steel Knotts before swinging a little to the east and making a brisk descent to Howtown and Ullswater.

The boundary here is made by Howegrain Beck which carries the waters of Bannerdale and Rampsgill Dale to the lake at Sandwick.

Here the Martindale road is crossed at The Coombes before the land rises again to Hallin Fell, overlooking Ullswater from its fine position between Sandwick and Howtown.

Topographically Hallin Fell is the true continuation of Steel Knotts, although the eye naturally gives this distinction to the narrow ridge descending to Howtown.

[1] The fell can be climbed from Howtown or from The Coombes and St Peter's church at the top of the horseshoes on the Martindale road.