Buck Barrow

Rising above the coastal plains near Waberthwaite, this quiet Wainwright Outlying Fell offers a rugged moorland character. The terrain can be pathless and soft underfoot, but provides a vast, wild perspective of the Scafell massif to the north and the Isle of Man across the Irish Sea.

• •The name likely stems from the Old English 'bucca', referring to male deer, and 'beorg', meaning a hill or mound, suggesting the area was historically recognized as a habitat for red or roe deer.
• •Alfred Wainwright included the summit in his 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland', describing the surrounding moorland as a place for 'the connoisseur who likes to get away from it all' and grouping it with the nearby Whitfell.
• •The summit provides an exceptional vantage point looking directly up the Eskdale valley, framed by the silhouettes of Scafell Pike, Bowfell, and Crinkle Crags.
• •While the 549m elevation suggests a modest ascent, the local terrain features the kind of persistent, hidden bog that makes a mockery of even the most expensive waterproof gaiters.