Nine Standards Rigg

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Nine Standards Rigg is a prominent fell in the Pennines of northern England, noted for its distinctive line of ancient stone cairns near the summit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fell
geographical feature
hill
access open access land under CRoW Act
cairnsAre ancient
stone-built
cairnsLocated near summit
category Mountains and hills of Cumbria
Pennines
country United Kingdom
crossedBy Coast to Coast Walk
drainageToEast River Swale
River Ure
drainageToWest River Eden
elevation 2172 feet
662 metres
gridReferenceUK NY825065
hasFeature Nine Standards cairns
line of stone cairns
hasViewOf Howgill Fells
Lake District fells
Yorkshire Dales
historicCounty Westmorland
isSummitOf ridge between Mallerstang and Upper Eden valley
liesOn main Pennine watershed
listedIn Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route
locatedIn England
Pennines
United Kingdom
northern England
mountainRange Pennines
nameRefersTo nine stone cairns
near Kirkby Stephen
nearestTown Kirkby Stephen
numberOfPrincipalCairns 9
partOf North Pennines
popularFor fellwalking
hiking
long-distance walking
region Cumbria
summitArea broad plateau
summitFeature trig point
terrain boggy in places
peaty moorland
usedAs waymark on long-distance paths
watershedBetween Eden catchment
Swale catchment
Ure catchment

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Kirkby Stephen hasNearbyHill Nine Standards Rigg