Great Rigg
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| Great Rigg | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Great Rigg (left) with Fairfield behind from Heron Pike. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 766 m (2,513 ft) |
| Prominence | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Parent peak | Fairfield |
| Listing | Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright |
| Coordinates | 54°29′05″N 2°59′50″W / 54.48483°N 2.99709°W |
| Geography | |
  Great Rigg Location in Lake District, UK | |
| Location | Cumbria, England |
| Parent range | Lake District Eastern Fells |
| OS grid | NY355104 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 90, OS Explorer 5 |
Great Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, 7 kilometres (4+1⁄4 miles) north-west of Ambleside and reaching a height of 766 metres (2,510 foot). It is most often climbed as part of the Fairfield horseshoe, a 16-km circular walk which starts and finishes in Ambleside. The fell's name originates from the Old English "Rigg", meaning a bumpy or knobbly ridge.
Great Rigg is mostly without merit, being just an undulation on one of Fairfield's southern ridges; with 31 metres (102 ft) of prominence it just qualifies as a Hewitt. It is best seen from the south-west near Grasmere where from that angle its summit seems to dominate the valley.
The fell is rocky on its eastern side as Stone Cove drops to Rydal Beck; on its western flank it is mostly grassy as it falls away to Tongue Gill; to the north and south are ridges which continue to other fells, with Fairfield being 1.5 kilometres (0.9 miles) away to the north while Heron Pike lies 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) to the south. There is a third less significant ridge going south-west towards Grasmere which has the ‘Wainwright’ fell of Stone Arthur on its shoulder overlooking Grasmere.
Geology
Volcaniclastic sandstone of the Esk Pike Formation makes up the summit area. Beneath is the dacitic lapilli tuff of the Lincomb Tarns Formation.[1]
