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Walking, Rambling and Hiking Jargon
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| Aréte | - a very narrow rocky ridge with steep drops on both sides |
| Bealach | - a dip in the ridge between two mountain peaks (Scotland) |
| Beck | - a stream |
| Bog Trotter |
- a walker who enjoys long, rough walks on the rough and boggy moorlands of the Peak District |
| Bottom | - a broad level area lower down a valley |
| Boulder Slope | - a mountain slope covered in large boulders |
| Bridget | - a UK hill or mountain that: |
| Brook | - a stream |
| Buttress | - a rock face flanked by gullies |
| Bwlch | - a dip in the ridge between two mountain peaks (Wales) |
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| Cairn | - a small pile of stones marking the summit or route |
| Cirque |
- a large depression in a mountain side, usually with a steep back wall and often with a tarn in the bottom |
| Clint | - A block of limestone forming part of a limestone 'pavement'. Clints are separated from each other by Grykes |
| Cloud | - a hill |
| Clough | - a moorland valley cut by a stream |
| Coire |
- a large depression in a mountain side, usually with a steep back wall and often with a tarn in the bottom |
| Col | - a dip in the ridge between two mountain peaks (England) |
| Contour (to) | - to move across a fellside without losing height |
| Corbett | - Listed by J Rooke Corbett, any Scottish Mountain between 762m (2500ft) and 915m (2999ft) high with at least 152m (500ft) of 'ascent' on all sides. There are currently 220 of them. Click here for more information and a full list of Corbetts |
| Corbett Top | - any Scottish Mountain between 762m (2500ft) and 915m (2999ft) high with at least 30m (100ft) of 'ascent' on all sides. |
| Corrie |
- a large depression in a mountain side, usually with a steep back wall and often with a tarn in the bottom (Scotland) |
| Cove |
- a large depression in a mountain side, usually with a steep back wall and often with a tarn in the bottom (England) |
| Crag | - a cliff |
| Cwm |
- a large depression in a mountain side, usually with a steep back wall and often with a tarn in the bottom (Wales) |
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| Dale | - a large valley |
| Dike | - a stream |
| Donald | - Devised by Percy Donald these are Scottish Mountains south of a 'Highland Line' which are over 610m (2000ft) high and subject to a rather complicated formula factoring the relative drop all round and distance between any two. There are currently just 89 of them. Click here for more information and a full list of Donalds |
| Donald Top | - mountains that fail the Donald qualification test but are considered significantly important enough for inclusion. There are 51 of them. |
| Edge | - a very narrow rocky ridge with steep drops on both sides |
| Erratic | - A piece of rock that deviates from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests |
| Fell | - a mountain or hill |
| Force | - waterfall |
| Ghyll | - a ravine with a stream |
| Gill | - a ravine with a stream |
| Graham | - Also known as 'lesser Corbetts' Fiona Graham listed these Scottish Mountain which stand between 610m (approx 2000ft) and 762m (approx 2499ft) high with at least 152m (approx 500ft) of 'ascent' on all sides. There are currently 224 of them. Click here for more information and a full list of Grahams |
| Grain | - a tributary stream |
| Gryke | - Fissures that separate the Clints in a limestone 'pavement'. These form sheltered places for delicate plants and ferns. |
| Grough | - a channel cut into peat moorland by running water |
| Gully | - a wide cleft down a cliff face |
| Gutter | - a stream |
| Hag | - an isolated 'pedestal' of peat topped with grass |
| Hewitt | - A Hewitt is a Hill in England, Wales or Ireland over 610m or Two Thousand feet with 30m (approx 100ft) 'ascent' on all sides. There are currently 525 of them - 177 in England,
137 in Wales and 211 in Ire land. Click here for more information and a full list of Hewitts |
| Holme | - an island |
| Hotine Pillar | - see Trig Point |
| How | - a small hill |
| Knott | - a rocky hill |
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| Marilyn | - Compiled by Alan Dawson this is a list of hills and mountains in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man of any height with at least 152m (approx 500ft) 'ascent' all round. There are currently 1552 of them (178 in England, 156 in Wales, 1213 in Scotland and 5 on the Isle of Man) There are also 453 Marilyns in Ireland. |
| Merse | - Low-lying, fertile area in Scottish Borders unitary authority, Scotland; lying below 150 m/492 ft above sea level. As a former district, it denoted the land between the Cheviot Hills and the Lammermuir Hills. (dict.) |
| Mere | - a lake |
| Moss | - level, marshy area |
| Munro | - Listed by the Scottish Mountaineering Club as any Scottish Mountain of 915m (approx 3000ft) and 'elected' to have Munro status. First devised and published by Sir Hugh Munro of Lindertis, Angus in 1871, the original list numbered 276. With improved mapping techniques this list has been revised several times and currently stands at 284. Click here for more information and a full list of Munros |
| Munro Top | - mountains that fail the Munro qualification test but are considered significantly important enough for inclusion as a sub-set. |
| Murdo | - any Scottish Mountain over 915m (approx 3000ft) with 30m (approx 100ft) of 'ascent' on all sides. There are currently 444 Murdos and the list includes all the Munros. Click here for more information and a full list of Murdos |
| Pass | - a relatively easy route from one valley to another between two mountains |
| Pike | - a sharp, well defined mountain peak |
| Pinnacle | - a large rock face with a pointed summit |
| Pot-hole | - cave |
| Rake | - hillside path originally used for driving animals |
| Ridge |
- a long narrow line of mountain tops with several small summits and cols - can have a steep drop on one side but not both sides (see 'Aréte' & 'Edge') |
| Rigg | - a ridge |
| Scramble | - a climb up through rock requiring the use of both hands and feet but not rope |
| Scree Slope | - slope covered with small pieces of rock |
| Shake Holes | - a depression found where previous mining has occurred but does not have water running to it |
| Sough | - drainage tunnel cut in lead mines |
| Stones | - small outcrop of gritstone |
| sub-Hewitt | - mountains that just fail the Hewitt qualification test |
| sub-Murdo | - mountains that just fail the Murdo qualification test by less than 10 metres, either in height or re-ascent. There are currently 103. |
| Swallets | - hole in limestone where streams disappear |
| Swallow Holes | - hole in limestone where streams disappear |
| Tarn | - a small lake |
| Tor | - a hill |
| Traverse | - to move across a fellside without losing height |
| Triangulation Pillar | - see Trig Point |
| Trig Point | - Typically the concrete pillars erected by the Ordnance Survey on the top (but not necessarily on the actual summit) of prominent hills and mountains. In low lying or flat areas some trig points may be only a few metres above sea-level. When all the trig points were in place, it was possible, in clear weather, to see at least two other trig points from any one trig point. In most of the United Kingdom, trig points are truncated square concrete (occasionally stone) pyramids or obelisks tapering towards the top, generally known as Hotine Pillars. In some regions of Scotland they comprise a thin circular concrete column. A benchmark is set on the side, marked with the letters "O S B M" (Ordnance Survey Bench Mark) and the reference number of the trig point. Many of these trig points are now disappearing from the countryside (vandalised and/or removed) as their original function has largely been superseded by aerial photography and digital mapping using lasers and GPS measurements. |
| Wainwright | - First published in the Westmorland Gazette in the 1950's, Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells comprises seven volumes listing 214 mountains and tops - each with its own chapter. Click here for more information and a full list of Wainwrights |
| Water | - a lake |
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