Castle Crag is a steep, wooded knot of rock in the narrow Jaws of Borrowdale. A memorial to Borrowdale men killed in the First World War is fixed to the summit outcrop, and the top is thought to have been an ancient hill fort before quarrying cut away its western side. Caves in one of the old quarries were the summer home of the climber Millican Dalton from the 1920s until the 1940s. From the top you look over Derwent Water to Skiddaw.
New to the Wainwrights?Read our guide: What Are The Wainwrights?Large shelter cairn on rock
Mixed siltstone, sandstone and tuff, steep and wooded on most sides, pitted with old quarry workings.
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Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
