Mungrisdale Common

Mungrisdale Common
Seen from Atkinson Pike on Blencathra, 1.5 km to the SE with Great Calva in the background.
Highest point
Elevation	633 m (2,077 ft)
Prominence	c. 2 m (6 ft)
Parent peak	Atkinson Pike
Listing	Wainwright
Coordinates	54°39′12″N 3°04′13″W / 54.65343°N 3.07014°W / 54.65343; -3.07014
Geography
Mungrisdale Common Location in Lake District, UK
Location	Cumbria, England
Parent range	Lake District, Northern Fells
OS grid	NY312292
Topo map	OS Landranger 90, Explorer OL4, OL5

Mungrisdale Common, pronounced mun-grize-dl, with emphasis on grize, is a fell in the English Lake District. Although Alfred Wainwright listed it as one of the 214 featured hills in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells it was his least favourite. He commented that it "has no more pretension to elegance than a pudding that has been sat on".^[1] There is some speculation that Wainwright included the fell in his guide simply as a way to fill space, but that has never been proven. Mungrisdale Common is oddly named, as it is a number of miles from the village of Mungrisdale, which lies in a different river catchment.