Dove Crag's top was once an unnamed bump on the Fairfield horseshoe, and over time it simply took the name of the big crag on its eastern side. A cairn sits on a little rocky platform at the top, with a drystone wall running just to the west. Below the crag is Priest's Hole, a shallow cave with a wall built across its mouth where walkers still spend the night, and this was the fell Wainwright wrote up first, in November 1952.
New to the Wainwrights?Read our guide: What Are The Wainwrights?Cairn
Volcanic sandstone with andesite sills and breccia, grassy on its western back and craggy above Dovedale.
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Also on this route: Hart Crag, High Pike (Scandale), Heron Pike, Low Pike, Nab Scar
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.
