![]() |
| Fountains Fell |
Height: 662m (2,172ft)
Prominence: 15m (49ft)
Region: Yorkshire Dales
Classifications: Nuttall
Summit feature: Small cairn
Times climbed: 1
Related trip report:
Fountains Fell & Darnbrook – 05/02/2017
![]() |
| The South Top is marked by a small cairn |
Fountains Fell South Top is a child summit of Fountains Fell.
The name Fountains derives from ownership of the land in the 13th century by the Cistercian monks of Fountains Abbey (25 miles away near Ripon), who used it for sheep grazing.

