The Knott
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| The Knott | |
|---|---|
 The Knott from Rampsgill Head. The Knott is the small hump in the left foreground. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 739 m (2,425 ft) |
| Prominence | c. 14 m |
| Parent peak | Rampsgill Head |
| Listing | Wainwright |
| Coordinates | 54°30′23″N 2°52′21″W / 54.50646°N 2.87252°W |
| Geography | |
  The Knott Location in Lake District, UK | |
| Location | Cumbria, England |
| Parent range | Lake District, Far Eastern Fells |
| OS grid | NY436127 |
| Topo map | OS Explorer OL5 |
The Knott is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above Hayeswater in the Far Eastern Fells. It is an outlier of Rampsgill Head, being the high point of the ridge from there to Rest Dodd.
The ridge from Rampsgill Head travels north westerly, with The Knott protruding from the south west side. The topography here is unusual, with Well Gill flowing along the top of the broad ridge for nearly half a mile, before finally running down the south western flank as Sulphury Gill.
The small lake of Hayeswater lies below The Knott on this flank, at the bottom of steep scree slopes. A deep gully runs down the fellside from just south of the summit. Viewed from this side The Knott is an impressive conical summit, although its inferiority to Rampsgill Head is apparent from other directions. The north eastern side of the ridge falls over rough ground to the head of Rampsgill in the Martindale catchment.
After passing Sulphury Gill, the ridge continuing from The Knott turns northward to the rounded dome of Rest Dodd.
