Archy Styrigg (Gregory Chapel)

The broad swell of Archy Styrigg

Height: 695m (2,280ft)

Prominence: 28m (92ft)

Region: Yorkshire Dales

Classifications: Nuttall

Summit feature: Pile of stones

Times climbed: 1

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Archy Styrigg is one of the high points of the fells on the border between Cumbria and North Yorkshire.

The name Archy Styrigg would fit the Norse name, characteristic of this area (sty = track or path, rigg = ridge: i.e. path along a ridge).

It is classified as a Nuttall and sub-Hewitt, but it has a relatively small prominence, having several other high points nearby, and hardly merits being described as a peak. This high, boggy ground is really one great plateau which rarely drops much below 600 m (2000 ft) between Mallerstang Edge and Great Shunner Fell, 5.4 km to the south-east.

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