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| Name: | Murton Fell (B&L GR) |
| Hill number: | 2929 |
| Height: | 673.3m / 2209ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2711 Mickle Fell |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Western Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Eden (Carlisle), Tees |
| Watershed: | Tees Bay, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Solway Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Other lists (BL,Bg,O) |
| Grid ref: | NY 75815 24069 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: grass and heather |
| Drop: | 5.6m |
| Col: | 667.7m NY 7549 2433  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 91 (1:25k) OL19N |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Comments: | B&L top: separate summit from Nuttall NY752246 which is 0.3m higher |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 149 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 6 of 8 from Hilton | robertphillips | 08/10/2023 |
| On a non firing day, last English B&L with Andy | colinfielding | 09/04/2023 |
| Across from main top. No paths seen. With Colin | Andrew Pearson | 09/04/2023 |
| On a Warcop public access day. Parked at Murton and walked clockwise around a circular course picking up 3 as yet unclimbed Nuttalls and my last English Dewey. Once on the Warcop estate I only saw a farmer with his sheep, oh, and one bit of ammo hanging on a fence. I visited Murton Pike, Murton Fell (summit and B+L top), Little Fell (summit and the sadly damaged trig), Tinside Rigg, Long Fell, and Roman Fell (my final English Dewey). Altogether nearly 24km with 880m ascent taking me 7h 30m. | silveracorn_alan | 04/03/2023 |
| From free car park in Murton. Enjoyable circuit of Gasdale. | PGCE | 27/01/2023 |
| See Route for Murton Fell. | smocks and denims | 02/01/2023 |
| Appleby-Gale Hill-Murton Pike-Murton Fell-Dufton. Very flat so difficult to ascertain where this secondary high point is supposed to be. | campagvelocet | 10/10/2022 |
| Final Buxton Lewis! | BaggerGutt | 25/08/2022 |
| A day of plausible denial. From Hilton. Conflicting MoD indicators MoD – flags not flying, lights not lit, barriers down. Along waymarked track SE to plantation, then up track to Long Fell mines; gunfire below. Up Roman Fell from col at NY761200, purgatorial veg; on to Tinside Rigg, tough veg. Bit of a path just before and after bridleway from Christy Bank, then ATV track to Little Fell. Corroded unexploded ordnance aplenty. From Little Fell a promising ATV track was abandoned several times as it kept veering off rather than going direct to Scorsdale Head, from which an ATV track sidles up SW along line of white posts to S top of Murton Fell, then it’s ruff’n’tuff N to the summit of Murton Fell. Ruff’n’tuff down to the mapped PF at the ‘shelters’. Down at the Murton CP, MoD display board says the area is off limits 6.5 days a week (access only after 13:00 on Sundays), with access to Little Fell only in escorted groups in July; there is no similar display board at Hilton – hence PD | Isbjorn | 25/08/2020 |
| From parking area in Murton. Murton Pike,Murton Fell then across to Murton Fell(B&L) after 1pm. Went steeply down into Scordale to return via Hilton. | mart0797 | 17/07/2020 |
| From the bridge over Maize Beck, over Murton Fell and then on to Little Fell. | Alan Moore | 06/10/2019 |
| From public CP in Murton. Murton Pike -> the 2 Murton Fells -> Little Fell -> Tinside Rigg -> Long Fell -> Roman Fell. Pleasant 19k round in deep snow on a non-firing day. | jonglew | 02/02/2019 |
| With Jo, from Murton. Tracks and paths to Murton Pike, Murton Fell and Murton Fell (B&L GR).Weather: sunny, warm at first but cloudy with cool breeze later. Good visibility. | amblerbob | 05/08/2018 |
| Windy walk from Murton car park to Murton Pike then onto Murton Fell and Murton Fell (B&L GR). | Dugswell2 | 27/05/2018 |
| Up from Murton Pike. Fog but high point appears to be by a faint quad track and a grouse grit tray. | cjo | 23/12/2017 |
| With Katy (and permit)Very Hard Wet Day. | George Thompson | 06/08/2017 |
| From Murton Pike | rfoster | 02/05/2017 |
| From the car park in Murton, up past Murton Pike, and then following tracks of ever decreasing quality to within a few yards of the summit. | Fisky Boy | 18/09/2016 |
| With Fisky Boy. | Brenda Cloke | 18/09/2016 |
| Murton Fell (B+L) - Hilton Fell - Little Fell - Little Fell trig - Tinside Rigg - Tinside Rigg West Top - Long Fell - Roman Fell | ronaldo333 | 27/08/2016 |
| Did both Murton Fell tops from Mickle Fell. You would not be able to locate this one without a GPS as it is very flat and featureless. | clivevilla | 06/08/2016 |
| Gale Hill, Murton Pike, Murton Fell, Backstone Edge, Brownber Hill | keithouk | 03/07/2016 |
| Climbed as part of a circular route from Hilton of Roman Fell, Long Fell, Tinside Rigg, Little Fell, Mickle Fell, Murton Fell x2 and Murton Pike. Mostly pathless peaty ground that was damp underfoot. | JohnStoneham | 30/08/2015 |
| Parked in free car park in Murton at NY72976 21996 – N & then NE up waymarked bridleway – After climbing Murton Pike continued up bridleway to stone shelters at 747239 – NW across moor to Murton Fell (Nuttall) – ¾km SE across rough moorland to the B&L/Bridge summit (entered ‘Danger Area’ after 6:00pm when live-firing had ended) – Dropped down into Scordale & then up N ridge to summit of Roman Fell. (S) | gerrybowes | 12/08/2015 |
| Agreed with aye. You know, Ive never seen a grouse using one of these grit trays... | stig_nest | 01/08/2015 |
| With G. Murton > Murton Pike > Murton Fell returning via High Cup Gill & Harbour Flatt. | RT1970 | 24/05/2015 |
| On way from Little Fell to Murton Fell. The ultimate in vague 'summits'..! The official spot was about 10m from a grouse tray. | Aye Jimmy | 07/07/2013 |
| With Ian Soulsby. | Dangerous Dave | 23/12/2010 |
| petey | 08/08/2010 | |
| AT same time as the Nuttall top. Treated it as a double top | Steve Clark | 22/04/2009 |
| Round of Little Fell and Murton Fell (all 3 tops) from Hilton while flags down. Mostly fast ground. | Eddie | 29/03/2009 |
| Also Hilton Fell to the south east | Peterdunscar | 03/08/2008 |
| GG | Idris | 04/05/2008 |
| LS. MK. GK. PK. DMacF. | john steel | 20/10/2007 |
| Same time as north top | signyred | 30/04/2006 |
| Parked at the end of the road at Murton.Took the track up past Murton Pike, very ill the night before so decided to conserve energy and not top out. At about 2000ft the track ran out. From there it was a case of navigating via GPS to this bump. | garyhoney | 31/12/2004 |
| en route | Rhayader_wander | 26/08/2002 |
| From Murton following paths, over the pike and onto top. | nordicstar | 28/11/1999 |
| Arnside Knott before breakfast with L, then over to Pennines _ to join Rob Small and Rob & dog for 3 Bridge tops in clag & damp. | Chris Pearson | 29/05/1995 |
| from T'other. Rusty pole maked the top. Gunfire to S and grouse shooting to N! Criffell in view. to M Pike. | arranc | 18/08/1990 |
| A non firing day, permission sought and granted for our group. From Hilton village a round of Long Fell, Tinside Rigg, Little Fell, Mickle Fell, Hilton Fell and Murton Fell. | PeterD | 11/11/1984 |
| CXB | 18/08/2023 | |
| spallen | 29/05/2023 | |
| Smog | 10/07/2022 | |
| RobB | 20/03/2022 | |
| jamesaitken42 | 19/12/2021 | |
| Jill Robertson | 07/11/2021 | |
| amblemark | 07/11/2021 | |
| geoffreycurnock | 22/10/2021 | |
| Clach Liath | 01/05/2021 |