# Little Hart Crag

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Little Hart Crag Little Hart Crag from High Hartsop Dodd with the crags of Black Brow on the right. Highest point Elevation 637 m (2,090 ft) Prominence 34 m (112 ft) Parent peak Dove Crag Listing Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright Coordinates 54°28′54″N 2°56′51″W / 54.48163°N 2.94762°W / 54.48163; -2.94762 Geography Little Hart Crag Location in Lake District, UK Location Cumbria, England Parent range Lake District, Eastern Fells OS grid NY387100 Topo map OS Landranger 90 OS Explorer 5, 7

**Little Hart Crag** is a [fell](/source/Fell) in the [Lake District](/source/Lake_District) area of [England](/source/England). It stands at the head of Scandale, six kilometres (3+3⁄4 miles) north of [Ambleside](/source/Ambleside), at a height of 637 metres (2,090 ft). It is an eastern outlier of [Dove Crag](/source/Dove_Crag) in the [Eastern Fells](/source/Eastern_Fells), although it does have 34 metres (112 ft) of [prominence](/source/Topographic_prominence) from that fell making it both a [Hewitt](/source/List_of_Hewitts_in_England) and a [Nuttall](/source/List_of_Nuttalls_in_England) fell. It is frequently climbed as part of the Dovedale horseshoe, an 11-kilometre (7-mile) walk over the neighbouring fells of [Hartsop above How](/source/Hartsop_above_How), [Hart Crag](/source/Hart_Crag), Dove Crag and [High Hartsop Dodd](/source/High_Hartsop_Dodd), starting and finishing at [Brothers Water](/source/Brothers_Water).

## Topography

Little Hart Crag is composed of grassy slopes on its eastern slopes above the [Scandale Pass](/source/Scandale_Pass), with the tiny Scandale Tarn tucked in a hollow in the hill. To the east it drops steeply into Caiston Glen. On its west side it is connected to Dove Crag by the boggy hollow of Bakestone Moss and to the north east a ridge falls away towards [Patterdale](/source/Patterdale) going over High Hartsop Dodd before dropping steeply to the valley. The fell is craggy on its northern side as the crags of Black Brow fall into Dovedale.

## Geology

The summit is an outcrop of Middle Dodd [Dacite](/source/Dacite), the underlying rock being [volcaniclastic](/source/Volcaniclastic) [sandstone](/source/Sandstone).[1]

## Summit

The summit is of interest, there being two distinct tops about 100 metres (330 ft) apart, both of whom are rocky. The western top is the higher and is marked by a [cairn](/source/Cairn), while the eastern one is more shapely but a few metres lower and has [quartzite](/source/Quartzite) set into its rocks. The view from the top of the fell is restricted by higher fells, but it does give the opportunity of studying the crags of Dove Crag and [Red Screes](/source/Red_Screes) in detail.

## Ascents

Little Hart Crag is nearly always climbed in conjunction with other adjacent fells, there being no feasible direct ascent although it can be climbed from Patterdale via the top of the Scandale Pass. The most direct route from Patterdale starts at Brothers Water and firstly ascends High Hartsop Dodd before continuing to the summit of Little Hart Crag. Also from Patterdale the fell can also be climbed in conjunction with Red Screes or Dove Crag and even [Fairfield](/source/Fairfield_(Lake_District)).

## References

- A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Eastern Fells, Alfred Wainwright, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7112-2454-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7112-2454-4)

- Complete Lakeland Fells, Bill Birkett, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-00-713629-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-00-713629-3)

- The Mountains of England and Wales, John and Anne Nuttall [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85284-037-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85284-037-4)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BGS_1-0)** [British Geological Survey](/source/British_Geological_Survey): 1:50,000 series maps, *England & Wales Sheet 38*: BGS (1998)

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