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Name: | Castle Crag (Shoulthwalte) |
Hill number: | 3777 |
Height: | 404m / 1325ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2396 High Raise [High White Stones] |
RHB Section: | 34B: Lake District - Central & Western Fells |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Central Fells |
County/UA: | Cumberland |
Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
Class: | Birkett, Synge (B,Sy) |
Grid ref: | NY 29989 18867 |
Summit feature: | tree root |
Drop: | 12m |
Col: | 392m NY300187 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 90 (1:25k) OL4S |
Observations: | tiny cairn now destroyed |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 356 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Castle Crag, Sippling Crag, Raven Crag, all in swirling mist, wind & rain. Atmospheric! | Barns150 | 30/12/2023 |
Easy to follow path signed from the forest track opposite where you come down from Raven Crag (and not coinciding with the mapped ROW). | milimana | 21/10/2023 |
with Ollie and Lexie. Met a family from Sychtyn on the top! | Dave Sargent | 16/08/2023 |
From A591 Rough How Bridge. 
11 km, 540 m asc. 
Up by Shoulthwaite Farm and the forest track above Shoulthwaite Gill to The Benn. S to regain the track to Castle Crag. 
Down E to the dam and by the permissive path to Great How. Back by Bridge End and Smaithwaite. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720310334239 | SalmonJoe | 05/08/2023 |
First day of last go at the Birketts. Light showers. Found a way up and down Castle Rock through head-high bracken. Then a pleasant walk up Castle Crag and The Benn. Joyce took the low road back to Castlerigg campsite while I walked back over 3 boggy and pathless Synges: Bleaberry Fell SE Top, Dodd Crag and Pike. Good views. | BURGESS | 02/07/2023 |
Road remains closed over dam, so parked in parking area at the start of Raven Crag track. Up the steep Ascent, on to Castle crag, over to Castle Crag, then down the more gentle but longer descent on forestry track. | matty1971b | 01/07/2023 |
Raven Crag and Castle Crag (Shoulthwalte) with R, from road junction at A591 walking over the dam. | Dan Baddeley | 08/04/2023 |
perfect conditions in the lakes. | holtsd | 12/02/2023 |
After Raven a short and interesting deviation from main track | Hirta | 06/02/2023 |
Wainwright Walk 28: (High Tove, Armboth Fell & Raven Crag) | DavidHiner | 13/12/2022 |
Bob & Duke | DukeNukem | 22/03/2022 |
With Chris from Thirlmere Dam | citygent | 07/02/2022 |
After Raven Crag. | Andrew Pearson | 20/01/2022 |
A tour of the Synges on Raven Crag and High Rigg while developing a micro nav course for Central Yorkshire Scouts. Visited Benn, Castle Crag (Shoulthwaite), Raven Crag, Wren Crag, High Rigg (Birkett), High Rigg, and High Rigg SE Top. 16km with 1000m ascent in 6 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 24/10/2021 |
With Dave. Circuit from Burns Farm to High Seat and Back | SlowOl | 18/09/2021 |
Came here after Raven Crag | AvidSockWearer | 03/09/2021 |
With Sarah Evans, parked at Rosthwaite and went from there, did reverse ascent and descent to last time, up Pennybridge Dub side and down Broadslack Gill. Post work walk, nice sunny summer evening. | Ruth Mackay | 27/05/2021 |
With Cerys Walford, very sunny and hot, stunning views from the top so spent at least an hour sat at the top just talking and appreciating. 
Parked at UU Legburthwaite car park, walked over the dam road and up the most direct way with only a short detour round the track to avoid a steep section. Went to Castle Crag to investigate the fort and had lunch at the top of there, looking down Shoulthwaite Gill. Could see some climbers on Iron Crag/ Goat Crag. Then came down via the forest tracks through the forest and around the base of the The Benn back to the road. | Ruth Mackay | 24/04/2021 |
Beautiful walk with James and Mia up Raven's crag | Mishmashcasson | 04/04/2021 |
Cycled up to the bottom of the Raven Crag steps and walked from there. | tomd4 | 26/01/2021 |
Ian | Theslayer | 02/12/2020 |
Perhaps it is an optical illusion but at first the top is invisible and then it is obvious and you wonder how you didn't see it. Another well-worth visiting top. A gate on the forest road leads to the path to the fort, then an anti-clockwise spiral to the top. | Alan Moore | 14/10/2020 |
With Suzanne | dc96 | 25/08/2020 |
With Sail & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 12/08/2020 |
With Rachel | Littledave | 08/07/2020 |
Legburthwaite > Raven Crag > Castle Crag > The Benn > Great How > Legburthwaite 
Just Me and H, Cold and Calm day with ground mostly frozen but actually felt quite spring like by late morning. | johnkaysleftleg | 19/01/2020 |
On my own. After Raven Crag. Dry. | alwaysinshorts | 02/11/2019 |
Debs & Tali, birthday walk 2, Raven Crag, Castle Crag & the Benn | Mountain Goat | 23/10/2019 |
Part of Birkett walk DER2. With Adam Cowley. | JMDobb | 26/07/2019 |
With Jason | Adam Cowley | 26/07/2019 |
Climbed up from layby just past the Thirlmere car Park using the Benn round route. Turned onto the makeshift road made by the machinery felling trees and repairing the area after the storm damage. At the the top, straight over, down and up to the grassy mound with sign - Castle crag Fort. Narrow footpath clockwise spiral to summit | keenwalker | 18/07/2019 |
On fp from east. | Moorponder | 01/04/2019 |
From Sippling Crag, gate leads off forest track to fort and HP. | PeterD | 29/12/2018 |
Revisit of Raven Crag then onto previously bypassed summits. Road over Thirlmere dam was closed so parked on verge on A591 & walked across dam. Raven Crag-Castle Crag-The Benn-Great How. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 26/02/2018 |
With NB, Raven, Castle Crags, High Seat, Hightove Armboth Fell. | Frank | 10/01/2018 |
Raven crag,Castle crag,High Seat,High Tove,Armboth Fell, From Dam Carpark with FR | Bheinn | 10/01/2018 |
From The Benn, on to Bleaberry Fell SE Top. Sweeping up some hills previously bypassed. | jonglew | 05/01/2018 |
From Sippling Crag. Direct to Bleaberry Fell SE Top. If you go this way, you'll come to a deer fence which can be crossed by a stile 100m north. | Wycombe Wanderer | 12/11/2017 |
Great Howe,Castle Crag and The Benn in the wind and rain.Path to The Benn not obvious.From gates on track at junction with paths to Castle Crag and Raven Crag follow wide forest track for 2/300 yards North to a forest track on your right.This track terminates after 400yds appprox half way along very feint path goes north into the trees soon becomes obvious | jocks1 | 13/07/2017 |
nice little hill fort with nice views | richard cooksey | 18/03/2017 |
SR | Frank | 27/02/2017 |
With Elin. Direct approach from east including a few metres of V.Diff in big boots! | jonesthesteam | 27/12/2016 |
North Thirlmere Birketts from Dam Car Park | Ajm0310 | 04/10/2016 |
Good viewpoint after Raven Crag. With GB. | bolton | 16/08/2016 |
Free parking (5 cars) about 100m north of T-junction at 307191 - Directly opposite parking area, took path up to col - After bagging The Benn & Raven Crag, took decent path to hillfort summit. (PM) | gerrybowes | 16/08/2016 |
With TMD. Castle Rock, High Rigg, the UTR series and back via the bottom of Thirlmere | meltdiceburg | 07/07/2016 |
Thirlmere - The Benn - Castle Crag - Raven Crag - Thirlmere | Blue The Dog | 20/03/2016 |
With Andy and Mick | BillyP | 09/02/2016 |
With Clare, Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 06/02/2016 |
Solo | Vin | 19/12/2015 |