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Name:Scales Rigg
Hill number:16428
Height:261m / 856ft
Parent (Ma):2707  Cross Fell
RHB Section:35A: The Northern Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:North Pennines - Western Fells
County/UA:Westmorland and Furness
Catchment:Eden (Carlisle)
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:NY 57946 43458
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:53m
Col:208m  NY590440  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 86
(1:25k) OL5N
Observations:flat summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 36 users)ByDate of Ascent
From gate to SE (just space to park without obstructing gate). Over grassy pasture to HP and gate into next field to visit trig. Very clear views except where there were showers, outliers like Dufton Pike showing up well but cloud base around 2000 ft. With Pete.pwheeler17/03/2024
Longest ascent yet logged! - from NE 219m road junction. pastures and gates. Tump and trig. A 2km long x 1 km wide low hill divided up into 40 fields -that's lot of walls and fences. Only 4 field visited on my route. The hill lies above the conservation village of Kirkoswald (KO to the locals). It used to be in Eden District Council of Cumbria until last year when Cumbria 'disappeared' but now finds itself included in the mouthful Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority (for now)Chris Pearson24/10/2023
Gate from the SE.robertphillips08/09/2023
From gate to SE up to HP and into next field to visit trig.PeterD21/04/2023
Short walk from gate to the SE.clivevilla16/04/2023
Parking very difficult but a good spot is on the verge at the road junction to the east ...at OS spot height 246. Walk north up the road to the first field boundary where a gate gives access into fields. There is a gate between the first and second field then climb the gate into the summit field at the next junction.moorsman04/08/2022
From gate in field to SE. Lovely day: Then back to Manchester.GordonAdshead23/06/2022
Easy walk from road to S and decent views from the top.milimana09/05/2022
Parked near gateway then walked up to Tump summit before heading over to the trig. Also bagged two cut marks on gateposts on road nearby.Dugswell201/03/2022
As others gateway to south takes you straight to the summit area rather than the trig. No field boundaries. Ten minutes max.nickywood117/07/2021
Easy quick plod from gate to SEconanharrod14/05/2021
As David Evanschrisbien06/08/2020
Nice to be in pastoral surroundings after the monotony of the high Pennine. Thack Moor briefly bathed in pink cloud.Wycombe Wanderer20/01/2020
Parked in gateway to SE. SY581432.David Evans22/04/2019
Parked at a field entrance on minor road to SSW. Pasture. Then on to the trig.jonglew23/05/2018
Parked to ESE, at gateway with sandstone gateposts, one had benchmark. Gates, pasture to HP near spot height. Trig S6997 at far side of crop field to W.Aye Jimmy31/10/2015
No fences to cross, hallelujahalda11/03/2015
Parked off to SE, up through pasture to gate, top is in this field, trig is in the next to West. Great view point of northern pennines.nordicstar04/09/2014
pasture, nice view SW to Northern Fells. from gate to SE, pasture & 1 more gate nr summit, rdside parking RHW02/07/2005
TONY DEALL08/02/2022
Martin R31/12/2021
Adrian26/06/2021
mcbiydw217/02/2019
Andy West03/05/2018
Rambling Ray14/04/2018
GaryJones30/09/2017
mae05/01/2017
jimbloomer18/08/2016
Colin Crawford07/09/2015
peebs16/07/2015
carole engel09/06/2015
Dave Geere17/05/2015
Lucky25/04/2015
maknipe25/04/2015
Alan Caine12/10/2014
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