Potter Fell is a fell

Fell

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 near Burneside

Burneside

Burneside is a small village in South Lakeland in Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Kendal and to the south east of Staveley, on the River Kent, just upstream from the confluence of the River Sprint...

, Cumbria

Cumbria

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, England

England

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. A number of tarn

Tarn (lake)

A tarn is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. A corrie may be called a cirque.The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond...

s are present on the fell, including Gurnal Dubs Tarn and Potter Tarn. Potter Fell has four major summits, two of which (Brunt Knott and Ulgraves) are mentioned in Alfred Wainwright

Alfred Wainwright

Alfred Wainwright MBE was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the...

's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland is a book written by Alfred Wainwright, dealing with hills in and around the Lake District of England. It differs from Wainwright's Pictorial Guides in that it describes a series of walks, some of them taking in several summits, rather than devoting a chapter to each...

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Summits

Potter Fell is made up of four separate peaks, two of which are unnamed. The first unnamed summit (395 m) is reached directly via the ascent from Bowston

Bowston

Bowston is a village in Cumbria, England, situated about north of Kendal, beside the River Kent. It has an old, probably 17th century, bridge over the river which is a Grade II listed structure. A rare VR postbox can be seen in the wall at the junction of Burneside Road and Potter Fell road.The...

 near Burneside. Further north from the first unnamed summit is Brunt Knott (427 m), marked by a stone triangulation station

Triangulation station

A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity...

 at its highest point. Between these first two summits is a small pool of water with a wall running through it, which Wainwright named "wall through a pool". East of these two summits is another unnamed one (390 m). Further east is the fourth summit, Ulgraves (332 m); like Brunt Knott, the highest point is marked by a trig point. The summit of Ulgraves looks over the Longsleddale

Longsleddale

Longsleddale is a valley and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the hamlet of Sadgill. The parish has a population of 73....

 valley

Valley

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Tarns

There are a number of tarns on Potter Fell, of which Gurnal Dubs and Potter Tarn are the most significant. Potter Tarn is located at the bottom of the ascent to the unnamed summit (395 m). The tarn supplies water to Croppers Paper Mill in Burneside and its flow is moderated by a concrete dam

Dam

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. The present water level is around half of its 1990 level, when the dam was lowered. The outflow from Potter Tarn issues into Ghyll Pool before the stream descends towards the paper mill. Gurnal Dubs is a popular place for recreational fishing

Recreational fishing

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 and the licenses are managed by the Kent Angling Association. It is located to the west of Ulgraves and south of the unnamed summit (395 m). The tarn is home to a boathouse

Boathouse

A boathouse is a building especially designed for the storage of boats, normally smaller craft for sports or leisure use. These are typically located on open water, such as on a river. Often the boats stored are rowing boats...

that was renovated in 1985.