Pillar - Photographs and Pictures from local, easy-to-follow, circular walks

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Pillar/Currick between Branstree (North East Top) and Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)   Looking stead (Pillar) & Pillar behind Green Crag (Buttermere) & Hay Stacks (Haystacks) with High Crag (Buttermere) (right) from near Dubs Quarry   Looking Stead (Pillar) and Pillar itself towering above the upper reaches of Ennerdale from Hay Stacks (Haystacks)   Stone pillar in the col between Branstree (North East Top) and Branstree (Artlecrag Pike)   At the bottom of the abseil off Pillar Rock   Abseiling off Pillar Rock   The cairn on the summit of Pillar Rock   On the summit of Pillar Rock   Taking a breather on 'the slab' - about a third of the way up Pillar Rock   Preparing for the climb up Pillar Rock   Dore Head (left) and Pillar from Mosedale, Wasdale Head   Me by the Trig Point on the summit of Pillar   Nation Trust Donation Pillar, Arnside Knott   Pillar, Top of Stirrup Crag and Kirk Fell from the summit of Yewbarrow   Haycock, Little Scoat Fell, Red Pike (Wasdale), Pillar, Top of Stirrup Crag, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Great End, Lingmell, Scafell Pike, Sca Fell, Slightside, Harter Fell (Eskdale) and Burnmoor Tarn from the summit of Yewbarrow   Haystacks from Looking Stead (Pillar) with a Herdwick Sheep for company   Looking Stead (Pillar) summit cairn   Small tarn near the summit of Looking Stead (Pillar)   Pillar (left) and Pillar Rock from Robinson's Cairn   Pillar Rock from Robinson's Cairn   Red Pike (Wasdale) and Little Scoat Fell (left), Mosedale, Pillar and Kirk Fell (centre) and Great Gable (right) from the summit of Scafell Pike   Pillar (left) and Ennerdale Water from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)   Pillar (left), Ennerdale Water, Seat (Buttermere), Gamlin End and High Crag (centre), Crummock Water and Grasmoor (right) from the summit of Hay Stacks (Haystacks)   The Eildon Hills and Wellington's Pillar from The St Cuthbert's Way near Chestercleuch Plantation   Ann by Rodney's Pillar (Breidden Hill)   Great view of Brandreth, Green Gable, Great Gable (the rounded dome), Kirk Fell, Pillar (the highest point), Black Crag and Steeple  from Lingcomb Edge just below the summit of Red Pike (Buttermere)   Red Pike (Buttermere) summit from Lingcomb Edge with Pillar prominent across Ennerdale   Little Scoat Fell and Pillar (distance) with Brandreth (foreground) from Base Brown   360 degree panorama featuring Great Gable, Green Gable, Little Scoat Fell & Pillar (distance), Brandreth, Dale Head (Newlands), High Spy, Glaramara, Esk Pike, Great End and Scafell Pike from Base Brown   Kirk Fell, Looking Stead & Pillar from the summit of Green Gable   Kirk Fell, Looking Stead & Pillar, Ennerdale, High Stile, High Crag & Hay Stacks, Crummock Water & Buttermere and Grasmoor from Green Gable   Beacon Hill (Quantocks) summit Pillar   Black Hill (Quantocks) summit pillar   Westend Moor Pillar (Trig Point)   Rodney's Pillar (Breidden Hill) (left) and Moel y Golfa (centre) and from the A458 road near the  railway bridge at Cefn   Rodney's Pillar (Breidden Hill) (left) and Moel y Golfa (centre) and from the A458 road near the  railway bridge at Cefn   Moel y Golfa seen from the neighbouring summit of Rodney's Pillar (Breidden Hill)   Ennerdale Bridge, Bowness Knott, Great Bourne, Starling Dodd, Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile and Pillar sourrounding Ennerdale Water from the summit of Crag Fell   Starling Dodd (left), Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile and Pillar (right) and Ennerdale Water from the summit of Crag Fell   Black Grag (Pillar), Wind Gap, Pillar and Looking Stead (Pillar) above Mosedale from Wasdale Head   Black Crag (Pillar), Wind Gap, Pillar and Looking Stead (Pillar) above Mosedale from Wasdale Head   Steeple and Long Crag with Crag Fell (sunlit in the distance), Ennerdale Water and Great Borne from Pillar   A grand view overlooking the valley of upper Wasdale from Esk Hause with Pillar, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Green Gable taking centre stage   Kirk Fell (foreground), Pillar, Ennerdale, Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag and Crummock Water (far right) from Westmorland Cairn, Great Gable   Kirk Fell with Red Pike (Wasdale), Little Scoat Fell and Pillar behind from Westmorland Cairn, Great Gable   Westmorland Cairn, Great Gable panorama featuring Kirk Fell (foreground centre), Wast Water, Wasdale and Yewbarrow with Middle Fell and Seatallan beyond (left), Red Pike (Wasdale), Little Scoat Fell and Pillar behind Kirk Fell (centre) and Ennerdale with Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag and Crummock Water (right)   Edale Moor (Kinder Scout) Trig Pillar   Black Crag (Pillar) summit cairn   Ennerdale Water from Pillar   Mosedale (Wasdale) from Pillar   Pillar summit trig point   Pillar Rock from Pillar   Pillar Rock beyond (to right of the 'notch') from the High Level Route   Robinson's Cairn with Pillar Rock beyond (left of the cairn and to right of the 'notch')   Scarth Gap and Hay stacks (Haystacks) above Ennerdale from The High Level Route, Pillar   Looking Stead (Pillar) from The High Level Route, Pillar   The High Level Route from Looking Stead (Pillar) to Robinson's Cairn, Pillar   Looking Stead (Pillar) summit cairn   Yewbarrow beyond from Looking Stead (Pillar) summit cairn   High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap and Hay Stacks (Haystacks) from Looking Stead (Pillar)   The view north from Looking Stead (Pillar) featuring Ennerdale with Red Pike (Buttermere), High Stile, High Crag, Seat, Scarth Gap, Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and Brandreth (far right)   Pillar from Kirk Fell   Kirk Fell with Pillar and Little Scoat Fell beyond from Great Gable summit   Ennerdale with Pillar (left) and High Stile (right) from Green Gable   Wasdale Head with Pillar beyond from the lower slopes of Lingmell & Scafell Pike   Great Gable and Pillar from Innominate Tarn, Hay Stacks   Red Pike (centre left), Pillar, Yewbarrow (centre), Kirk Fell & Great Gable (right) beyond Wast Water from Whin Rigg   Pillar summit   *Pillar (left), High Stile (centre), Ennerdale, Hay Stacks, Crummock Water, Buttermere and Grasmoor (right) from  Green Gable   Wasdale Head (left), Burnmoor Tarn, Yewbarrow (front centre), Illgill Head (back) and Wast Water from Pillar   The Mosedale Horseshoe - Yewbarrow (mid-distance left), Red Pike (Wasdale) and Little Scoat Fell beyond, Pillar (right of centre) and the shoulder of Kirk Fell (mid-distance right) from Scafell Pike   Pillar from High Crag (Buttermere)   Steeple and Pillar from Ennerdale Water   Green Gable, Great Gable (left of centre), Kirk Fell (centre) and Pillar (right) with the Scafell Massif beyond (centre) from High Crag   Innominate Tarn (Hay Stacks) with a snow-capped Pillar beyond   Ennerdale with Hay Stacks (Haystacks) and the High Stile ridge (right) and Looking Stead and Pillar (left) from Brandreth   Pillar (left), Kirk Fell and Great Gable (right) from Sca Fell   Yewbarrow (centre) and Pillar (right) from Sca Fell   Pillar Summit   *From Left to right: Caw Fell, Seatallan, Red Pike, Pillar, Yewbarrow, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Lingmell and Sca Fell and Wast Water (foreground) from Illgill Head (NB. Scafell Pike is largely hidden behind Sca Fell)   *Red Pike, Pillar and Kirk Fell from Dore Head   *Red Pike, Black Crag, Pillar and Looking Stead from Mosedale, Wasdale  


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