Scotland

Swatte Fell

DonaldSimm

One classification here — Simm — belongs to a list OpenFell holds only part of, so it has no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
729.9 m · 2,395 ft
Grid reference
NT 11848 11385
Coordinates
55.38851, -3.39312
County / area
Dumfries and Galloway
OS Landranger
78
OS Explorer
330
Summit feature
no feature: ground a few metres from two sections of ruined wall
Key col
NT 1216 1300 (693.6 m)

Access rights here

Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.

Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 55.389, -3.393. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (730 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

cairn 200m NE at NT 12032 11490 is lower.

The recorded summit point is no feature: ground a few metres from two sections of ruined wall. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level/Leica RX1250
Record revised
03-Aug-13
Drop measured from
NT 1216 1300 · 693.6 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Swatte Fell
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Hugo's Bar & RestaurantRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass6.8 km · SW
Hugo's on WheelsRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenAwaiting inspection6.8 km · SW
The Stag HotelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest housePass6.9 km · SW

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Swatte Fell is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Hart Fell (808 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 694 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Hart Fell808 m2.2 km
Under Saddle Yoke745 m2.7 km
Whitehope Heights637 m3.4 km
Cape Law722 m3.9 km
Bodesbeck Law664.2 m5.2 km
White Coomb821.6 m5.8 km