Dunmallet^[1] or Dunmallard Hill^[2] is a small hill in the English Lake District, near Pooley Bridge, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.^[1] It reaches 775 feet (236 m) and Wainwright describes the ascent, from Pooley Bridge, as a "simple after-dinner stroll". He lists two other early spellings: Dunmalloght and Dunmallock The hill is wooded and the views from the top limited.^[1]

Remains of an Iron Age hill fort have been detected on the hill.^[3]

The name Dunmallet or Dunmallard may either be of Brittonic or Middle Irish origin.^[4] The most likely derivation is from Irish dùn-mallacht, meaning "fort of curses".^[4] Or else, the name may conserve a Brittonic formation of the elements dīn- ("fort") + mę:l ("bald") + -arδ ("height").^[4]

54°36′51″N 2°49′34″W / 54.61417°N 2.82611°W / 54.61417; -2.82611

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