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==Summit== [[Image:Scafell Pike from Broad Crag.jpg|thumb|right|The summit of Scafell Pike, seen from neighbouring [[Broad Crag]]]] The summit was donated to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] in 1919 by [[Charles Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield|Lord Leconfield]] "in perpetual memory of the men of the [[Lake District]] who fell for God and King, for freedom peace and right in the [[Great War]] 1914β1918".<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMM0G_Scafell_Pike_Summit_Cumbria Scafell Pike Summit, Cumbria β World War I Memorials and Monuments on]. Waymarking.com. Retrieved on 2014-04--04-12.</ref> There is a better-known war memorial on [[Great Gable]], commemorating the members of the [[Fell & Rock Climbing Club]].<ref>Westaway, Jonathan. (1970-01-01) [https://www.academia.edu/2628245/Mountains_of_Memory_Landscapes_of_Loss_Scafell_Pike_and_Great_Gable_as_War_Memorials_1919-1924 Mountains of Memory, Landscapes of Loss: Scafell Pike and Great Gable as War Memorials, 1919β1924 | Jonathan Westaway]. Academia.edu. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mammoth mission to repair remarkable World War One memorial on Scafell Pike |work=Whitehaven News |date=15 May 2018}}</ref> The actual height of Scafell Pike is a matter of definition or guesswork. The highest point is buried beneath a massive summit [[cairn]] over 3 metres high and it is not known how high the fabric of the mountain rises under the cairn. Traditionally the height was given as a very memorable {{convert|3210|feet|metre|1}}.<ref name="wainwright" /> The rounded metric height of 978 metres converts to 3209 feet Β±{{convert|0.5|m|ftin|disp=out}}. Scafell Pike is one of three British peaks climbed as part of the [[National Three Peaks Challenge]], and is the highest ground for over {{convert|90|mi|km|0}}. {{GB summits start}} {{GB summits entry |Name=[[Ill Crag]] |Gridref=NY223073 |Height={{convert|3054|ft|m|1|order=flip|abbr=on}} |Status=Hewitt, Nuttall}} {{GB summits entry |Name=[[Broad Crag]] |Gridref=NY218075 |Height={{convert|3069|ft|m|1|order=flip|abbr=on}} |Status=Hewitt, Nuttall}} {{GB summits entry |Name=Middleboot Knotts |Gridref=NY213080 |Height={{convert|2306|ft|m|1|order=flip|abbr=on}} |Status=Nuttall}} {{GB summits end}}
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