The National Trust is to revive a memorial at the top of England's highest peak.

A summit cairn on Scafell Pike is to be rebuilt as part of a series of commemorations to mark 100 years since the end of World War One and the donation a few years later of 13 Lakeland summits to the National Trust.

Scafell Pike and 12 other Lakeland summits - dubbed the "Great Gift" - were given to the National Trust in the years after peace was declared, becoming Britain’s most spectacular and unique memorial to those lost in the Great War.

This “Great Gift” – Scafell Pike from Lord Leconfield and the 12 summits from the Fell and Rock Climbing Club – was one of the largest ever donations to the National Trust.

A century on, the conservation charity has organised a series of commemorations to mark a century since the war ended.

On Scafell Pike, rangers will camp out and carry out their work, which will include the resetting of the memorial plaque within the walls of the cairn.

Paths on Scafell Pike and Great Gable will also be repaired.

Elsewhere, a project supported by the Arts Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council will bring together musicians and choirs for a ‘song cycle’ across the 12 mountains of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club gift.

At Wordsworth House in Cockermouth an exhibition called Where Poppies Blow, with award-winning author John Lewis-Stempel, will explore the role of nature in helping soldiers through the horrors of battle.

Cumbrian mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington, who served with the Royal Tank Regiment, said: "Beyond its staggering beauty, the Lake District has a rich cultural history and a web of fascinating stories, including the Great Gift."

National Trust general manager Marian Silvester added: "Millions of people visit the Lake District each year but few are familiar with the story behind these mountains, which we are extremely proud to look after.

"By re-dedicating the peaks, not only are we remembering the past, but looking to the future to ensure this inspiring landscape can be enjoyed by generations to come."

On Armistice Day in November, the National Trust will light a beacon on top of Scafell Pike, just as Lord Leconfield did on Peace Day – 19th July 1919.

Peace Day 1919 was Britain’s chance to really recognise, and celebrate the end of World War One.

While Armistice Day was the ceasefire, it took until the 19 July 1919 for both sides to sign the official peace treaty.

Shortly after, Lake District landowner Charles Henry Wyndham, the 3rd Baron Leconfield, gifted Scafell Pike to the National Trust.

Lord Leconfield, an honorary member of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club, donated the mountain “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.” A memorial stone to remember the fallen was introduced a few years later.

The gift of the 12 peaks to the Trust by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club was made in 1923. They are Lingmell, Broad Crag, Great End, Seathwaite Fell, Allen Crags, Glaramara, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Green Gable, Base Brown, Brandreth and Grey Knotts.

The donation triggered a series of endowments to the National Trust and a marked a transformational moment in the nation’s relationship with beautiful landscapes, paving the way for the formation of the first national park.