Potter Fell
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| name = Potter Fell
| photo = Cairn on Brunt Knott.JPG
| photo_caption = The cairn on the summit of Brunt Knott
| elevation_m = 427
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| 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}}
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Potter Fell is a fell near the villages of Burneside and 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.{{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}} There are a number of tarns on the fell, including Gurnal Dubs and Potter Tarn.[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/230548 Geograph profile], retrieved 30 September 2008
Summits
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){{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}} lies between Potter Tarn and Brunt Knott.[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 Further north from the first unnamed summit is Brunt Knott (427 m / 1,401 ft),{{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}} marked by a stone triangulation station at its highest point.[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 Between these first two summits is a small pool of water with a wall running through it, which Wainwright named "wall through a pool". East of these two summits is another unnamed one (390 m / 1,280 ft).{{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}} Further east is the fourth summit, Ulgraves (332 m / 1,089 ft);{{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}}[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 like Brunt Knott, the highest point is marked by a trig point. The summit of Ulgraves looks over the Longsleddale valley.[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
Wainwright's {{convert|7.5|miles|adj=on}} clockwise route starts on the road between Bowston and Staveley and passes the four summits, two named and two nameless, as described above, with a total of {{convert|1700|ft}} of ascent. Brunt Knott can also be ascended from Staveley.{{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}}
Tarns
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). The tarn supplies water to 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.Nutall, J. (1995), The Tarns of Lakeland – Vol II: East, p. 149 Gurnal Dubs is a popular place for recreational fishing and the licences are managed by the Kent Angling Association.[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 It is located to the west of Ulgraves and south of the unnamed summit (395 m). The tarn is home to a boathouse that was renovated in 1985.