High Seat (Yorkshire Dales)

{{Short description|Mountain in Cumbria, England}}

{{for|the fell in the Lake District|High Seat (Lake District)}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = High Seat

| photo = Mallerstang.jpg

| photo_caption = The escarpment of Mallerstang Edge - High Seat is away to the right

| elevation_m = 709

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| prominence_m = 112

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| listing = Hewitt, Nuttall, HuMP.

| location = Yorkshire Dales, England

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| coordinates = {{coord|54.406|N|2.305|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| grid_ref_UK = NY 802 012

| topo = OS Landrangers 91, 92

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| map = United Kingdom Yorkshire Dales

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High Seat is a fell in the dale of Mallerstang, Cumbria. With a summit at {{convert|709|m}}, it is the fourth highest fell in the Yorkshire Dales after Whernside, Ingleborough and Great Shunner Fell.{{cite book|last1=Chrystal|first1=Paul|title=The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales|date=2017|publisher=Stenlake|location=Catrine| isbn=9781840337532|page=105|edition=1}} It is in the north-western part of the Dales, overlooking the deep trench of Mallerstang, and is usually climbed from this side.{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=J. A. |title=Yorkshire dales |date=2015 |publisher=William Collins |location=London |isbn=9780007503698 |page=317}}

To the south-east is Hugh Seat (whose summit is marked by Lady Anne's Pillar, commemorating Sir Hugh de Morville). On the opposite (western) side of Mallerstang is the more striking (but 1 metre lower) Wild Boar Fell.

It is not a Marilyn, having a relative height of 112 m, and therefore may be regarded as a subsidiary top of Great Shunner Fell, to the east. It is, however, a HuMP.

Oddly enough, it is the highest point on the main England east-to-west watershed in the Dales, the three higher fells being some distance from the watershed.

Three main rivers have their origins in the peat bogs here: the River Eden, the River Swale, and the River Ure.{{cite book |last1=Speight |first1=Harry |title=Romantic Richmondshire. Being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the pictuesque valleys of the Swale and Yore |date=1897 |publisher=E Stock |location=London |page=280|oclc=7241488}}