Scafell, a double-peaked mountain in Cumberland, on the Westmorland border, 14½ miles SSW. of Keswick. The loftiest summit in England, it is a chief feature in the scenery of the Lake District (q.v.), in the heart and centre of which it stands. Of its two peaks, the higher, Scafell Pike, attains 3210 feet, the other 3161.
Scafell
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 188
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