Dow Crag

Dow Crag
Dow Crag from the Old Man of Coniston summit
Highest point
Elevation	778 m (2,552 ft)
Prominence	129 m (423 ft)
Parent peak	The Old Man of Coniston
Listing	Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright
Coordinates	54°22′10″N 3°08′15″W / 54.36944°N 3.13744°W / 54.36944; -3.13744
Geography
Dow Crag Location in Lake District, UK
Location	Cumbria, England
Parent range	Lake District, Southern Fells
OS grid	SD262977
Topo map	OS Landrangers 96, 97, Explorer OL6

Dow Crag is a fell in the English Lake District near Coniston, Cumbria. The eastern face is one of the many rock faces in the Lake District used for rock climbing.

The name Dow Crag originally applied specifically to the eastern face which looks down upon the tarn of Goat's Water, the fell itself having no need for a name before the inception of hill walking in the 19th century. As with many fells the name of a prominent feature was then applied to the whole mass. Dow was originally named Doe and still locally pronounced as "Doe".^[1]