Lunds Fell

The River Ure rises near to the summit of Lunds Fell and other streams on the flanks of the hill feed the River Swale and the River Eden. Lunds Fell is recognised as the most westerly point of Wensleydale, being 5 mi north-west of Hawes. The water falling north-westwards off Lunds Fell goes into through the Mallerstang pass as the River Eden into the Irish Sea, but the Ure flows south-eastwards into the North Sea. The main tributary of the Eden, Hell Gill, rises on Hugh Seat, which is just to the north of Lunds Fell, and between the two peaks is the diving line between the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire. The name of Lunds fell, like the hamlet of Lunds, derives from the Old Norse…