Cunswick Scar

Cunswick Scar
Cunswick Scar
Cunswick Scar is located in Lake District
Cunswick Scar
Cumbria,  England
Elevation 207 m (679 ft)
Prominence c. 39 m
Listing Outlying Wainwright
Location
Range Lake District
Coordinates 54°19′25″N 2°47′14″W / 54.3237°N 2.78716°W / 54.3237; -2.78716Coordinates: 54°19′25″N 2°47′14″W / 54.3237°N 2.78716°W / 54.3237; -2.78716
Topo map OS Landranger 97
OS grid SD489923

Cunswick Scar is a limestone scar (cliff or steep rock face) in the Lake District, England. There are extensive views from the large cairn at the top (207 m). The scar is listed in Wainwright's Outlying Fells book. Fossils can be found in the limestone on the scar and Cunswick Fell.

v · Wainwright's Outlying Fells
Major summits; Beacon Fell · Black Combe · Blawith Knott · Brunt Knott · Buck Barrow · Burney · Carron Crag · Claife Heights · Cunswick Scar · Dent · Gummer's How · Faulds Brow · Green Quarter Fell · High Wether Howe · Knipe Scar · Muncaster Fell · Orrest Head · Scout Scar · Stickle Pike · Top o'Selside · Watch Hill · Whitbarrow · Whitfell · Yoadcastle ·



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