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Wild Boar Fell is a mountain (or more accurately a fell) in Mallerstang on the eastern edge of Cumbria, England. At , it is either the 4th highest fell in the Yorkshire Dales or the 5th, depending on whether nearby High Seat (709 m) is counted or not. (In fact neither of these is, at present, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, although there are plans to extend its boundaries in the near future to include Mallerstang). The nearest high point is Swarth Fell which is a mile-long (1.5 km) ridge to the south, at . To the east, on the opposite side of the narrow dale, are High Seat and Hugh Seat. ==History== The fell gets its name from the wild boar which inhabited the area over 500 years ago.〔A. Wainwright, ''Wainwright in the Limestone Dales'', Guild Publishing, 1991 (page 12-16)〕 But it is unusual, for this area of Viking settlement, that its old Norse name seems to have disappeared, whereas the names of many of its features, such as The Nab, Dolphinsty, etc., retain their Norse origin. In earlier times, probably up to the mid nineteenth century, the Millstone Grit, or gritstone, which forms the flat top of the fell, was used for making millstones. Some partly formed millstones can be seen on the eastern flank of the fell - and also on the corresponding western flank of Mallerstang Edge on the opposite side of the dale. Sand (composed of Millstone Grit) from the beach of Sand Tarn was used by local people to sharpen knives and scythes; they made "strickles" by sticking the sand to wooden blocks with tar. A tusk, claimed to be of "the last wild boar caught on the fell", is kept in Kirkby Stephen parish church. During World War II Wild Boar Fell was used by the British Army at Warcop Training Area for training tank crews to operate in difficult terrain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wild Boar Fell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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