{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Potter Fell | image = Cairn on Brunt Knott.JPG | image_caption = The cairn on the summit of Brunt Knott | elevation_m = 427 | elevation_ref = | prominence = | listing = | location = [[Cumbria]], [[England]] | range = | topo = | map = United Kingdom Lake District | map_caption = Location in Lake District, UK | coordinates = {{coord|54|23|54|N|2|47|46|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Potter Fell''' is a [[fell]] near the villages of [[Burneside]] and [[Staveley, Cumbria|Staveley]], [[Cumbria]], England, reaching a maximum height of {{convert|1,400|ft}} at '''Brunt Knott'''. [[Alfred Wainwright]] in his ''[[The Outlying Fells of Lakeland]]'' identifies four summits on Potter Fell: Brunt Knott, '''Ulgraves''' and two unnamed summits, all of which are thus recognised by the [[Database of British and Irish Hills]].<ref name=wainwright>{{cite book|last=Wainwright|first=A.|authorlink=Alfred Wainwright|title=[[The Outlying Fells of Lakeland]]|year=1974|publisher=Westmorland Gazette|location=Kendal|pages=8–13|chapter=Potter Fell}}</ref> There are a number of [[Tarn (lake)|tarn]]s on the fell, including '''Gurnal Dubs''' and '''Potter Tarn'''.<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/230548 Geograph profile], retrieved 30 September 2008</ref>
==Summits== [[File:Cairn on Ulgraves.JPG|thumb|left|The cairn on the summit of Ulgraves]] Potter Fell is made up of four separate peaks (as identified by Wainwright), two of which are unnamed. The first unnamed summit (395 m / 1,296 ft)<ref name="hb-unnamed1">{{cite web |title=nameless (Potter Fell - 1) [Brunt Knott South Top] |url=http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=Sy&rf=3331 |website=www.hill-bagging.co.uk |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref> lies between Potter Tarn and Brunt Knott.<ref name="Lakeland Fells">[http://www.leaney.org/lake_district_walk.php?walk_id=427 Lakeland Fells – Potter Fell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716084540/http://www.leaney.org/lake_district_walk.php?walk_id=427 |date=2011-07-16 }}, retrieved 30 September 2008</ref> Further north from the first unnamed summit is Brunt Knott (427 m / 1,401 ft),<ref name="hb-brunt">{{cite web |title=Brunt Knott |url=http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?rf=2616 |website=www.hill-bagging.co.uk |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref> marked by a stone [[triangulation station]] at its highest point.<ref name="Stridingedge">[http://www.stridingedge.net/Wainwright%20Fells/The%20Outlying%20Fells%20of%20Lakeland%20A-Z.htm Stridingedge.net – The Outlying Fells of Lakeland A-Z] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201063113/http://stridingedge.net/Wainwright%20Fells/The%20Outlying%20Fells%20of%20Lakeland%20A-Z.htm |date=2009-02-01 }}, retrieved 30 September 2008</ref> Between these first two summits is a small pool of water with a wall running through it, which Wainwright named "''wall through a pool''".<ref name="Stridingedge"/> East of these two summits is another unnamed one (390 m / 1,280 ft).<ref name="hb-nameless2">{{cite web |title=nameless (Potter Fell - 2) [Potter Fell] |url=http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?rf=3332 |website=www.hill-bagging.co.uk |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="Lakeland Fells"/> Further east is the fourth summit, Ulgraves (332 m / 1,089 ft);<ref name="hb-ulgraves">{{cite web |title=Ulgraves |url=https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=2669 |website=www.hill-bagging.co.uk |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://www.leaney.org/lake_district_fells.php?fell_id=ullgraves The Lakeland Fells – Ulgraves] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622072344/http://leaney.org/lake_district_fells.php?fell_id=ullgraves |date=2006-06-22 }}, retrieved 30 September 2008</ref> like Brunt Knott, the highest point is marked by a trig point. The summit of Ulgraves looks over the [[Longsleddale]] valley.<ref>[http://www.wainwright-wanderings.co.uk/w0113.htm Wainwright Wanderings – Walk 113] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725041126/http://www.wainwright-wanderings.co.uk/w0113.htm |date=2008-07-25 }}, retrieved 30 September 2008</ref>
Wainwright's {{convert|7.5|miles|adj=on}} clockwise route starts on the road between [[Bowston]] and [[Staveley, Cumbria|Staveley]] and passes the four summits, two named and two nameless, as described above, with a total of {{convert|1700|ft}} of ascent.<ref name=wainwright /> Brunt Knott can also be ascended from Staveley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brunt Knott from Staveley route-map - Walking Britain |url=https://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walk-1555-map |website=www.walkingbritain.co.uk |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref>
==Tarns== [[File:Gurnal Dubs.JPG|thumb|left|Gurnal Dubs, with the boathouse on the near left]] There are a number of tarns on Potter Fell, of which Gurnal Dubs and Potter Tarn are the most significant. Potter Tarn is located at the bottom of the ascent to the unnamed summit (395 m).<ref name="Lakeland Fells"/> The tarn supplies water to [[James Cropper plc|Croppers Paper Mill]] in Burneside and its flow is moderated by a concrete [[dam]]. The present water level is around half of its 1990 level, when the dam was lowered. The outflow from Potter Tarn issues into Ghyll Pool before the stream descends towards the paper mill.<ref name="Nutall">Nutall, J. (1995), ''The Tarns of Lakeland – Vol II: East'', p. 149</ref> Gurnal Dubs is a popular place for [[recreational fishing]] and the licences are managed by the Kent Angling Association.<ref>[http://www.sodointernet.co.uk/phpwebsite/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=235&MMN_position=275:4 Lakeland Fishing – Gurnal Dubs], retrieved 30 September 2008</ref> It is located to the west of Ulgraves and south of the unnamed summit (395 m).<ref name="Lakeland Fells"/> The tarn is home to a [[boathouse]] that was renovated in 1985.<ref name="Nutall"/>
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