Longlands Fell
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| Longlands Fell | |
|---|---|
 Longlands Fell seen from Brae Fell. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 483 m (1,585 ft) |
| Prominence | c. 33 m |
| Parent peak | Lowthwaite Fell |
| Listing | Wainwright |
| Coordinates | 54°42′27″N 3°07′36″W / 54.70747°N 3.12671°W |
| Geography | |
  Longlands Fell Location in the Lake District National Park | |
| Location | Cumbria, England |
| Parent range | Lake District, Northern Fells |
| OS grid | NY275353 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 89, 90 OS Explorer 4 |
Longlands Fell is a small fell in the northern part of the English Lake District. It is situated in the high ground known as the Uldale Fells, 5.5 kilometres south west of the village of Caldbeck. It reaches a height of 483 m (1,585 ft) and it is (along with Binsey) the most northerly fell in the Lake District.
Longlands Fell is characterised by grassy, smooth slopes which drop down gradually to the lowlands north of Lakeland making the ascent of the fell quite easy from that direction. The other Uldale Fells are Great Sca Fell, Great Cockup and Meal Fell and together are really just one big sheep pasture which does not draw large numbers of fell walkers or visitors, making this probably the quietest part of the national park, the border of which is only two kilometres to the north.
Mining
Unlike the adjacent Caldbeck Fells, which were heavily mined for minerals, the Uldale Fells have only ever had one mine on them and that was on Longlands Fell. The Longlands Fell copper mine operated in the second half of the 19th century but was soon found to be uneconomical and abandoned, one of the levels is now dammed to provide water to the village of Uldale. Just to the north of Longlands Fell on the adjoining small Aughtertree Fell (300 metres) are signs of an Iron Age farming settlement first settled 3,000 years ago and probably deserted during the Dark Ages.