Lake District
Millrigg Knott
300M
983FT
About Millrigg Knott
Tucked away near the village of Kentmere, this modest grassy top offers a peaceful vantage point over the lower Kent valley. While often overlooked for the higher peaks of the Kentmere Horseshoe, its rocky summit provides a clear, uncrowded perspective of the surrounding farmland and the rugged Ill Bell ridge.
Key Statistics
Rank
784th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Far Eastern Fells
Prominence
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58.8m
Nearest Town
Staveley
Geology
The ground beneath you is the Bannisdale Formation, made of alternating layers of compressed mud and fine-grained siltstone.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NY464011
Latitude
54.4026°N
Longitude
2.8270°W
Did You Know?
- •The name combines the Old Norse 'hryggr' (ridge) and 'knutr' (rocky hill), with 'Mill' likely referencing the historical textile or corn mills found along the River Kent in the valley below.
- •It is classified as a Synge, a group of Lakeland hills documented by Tim Synge as worthy alternatives to the more famous, and often more crowded, Wainwright fells.
- •The hill overlooks Kentmere Hall, a 14th-century fortified pele tower built as a defensive stronghold to protect local inhabitants from Scottish border reivers.
- •From the summit, walkers are treated to a specific profile of the Kentmere 'Three'—Yoke, Ill Bell, and Froswick—whose steep eastern crags appear particularly dramatic from this lower elevation.
- •At exactly 299.5 metres, the hill misses the 300-metre mark by the length of a short walking pole, a technicality that seems to bother cartographers far more than the sheep grazing its slopes.