Great Mell Fell.
Standing in some isolation, apart from its companion to the South East, Little Mell Fell. This hill, situated to the North of Ullswater, rises from a flat wet plane. The name is of Celtic origin meaning bare hill suggesting that in the distant past it was treeless.
The hill is made of a reddish conglomerate laid down in the Devonian period, about 350 million years ago and has been weathered to its present round pudding shape.
I makes for a great view point for the Eden Valley, Northern Fells and the hills around Ullswater. I rarely meet anyone on its slopes a good place for a ponder and a wander.
I reckon that the hills around Hobbiton looked a bit like Great Mell Fell.
Great Mell Fell.
Standing in some isolation, apart from its companion to the South East, Little Mell Fell. This hill, situated to the North of Ullswater, rises from a flat wet plane. The name is of Celtic origin meaning bare hill suggesting that in the distant past it was treeless.
The hill is made of a reddish conglomerate laid down in the Devonian period, about 350 million years ago and has been weathered to its present round pudding shape.
I makes for a great view point for the Eden Valley, Northern Fells and the hills around Ullswater. I rarely meet anyone on its slopes a good place for a ponder and a wander.
I reckon that the hills around Hobbiton looked a bit like Great Mell Fell.