Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Dow Crag
	locality:-	Old Man of Coniston
	parish	Torver parish, once in Lancashire
	parish	Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite parish, once in Lancashire
	county:-	Cumbria
		rocks
	Altitude	2552 feet
	coordinates:-	SD26259778
	10Km square:-	SD29
	1Km square	SD2697
		Dow Crag -- Old Man of Coniston -- Torver and Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite -- Cumbria / -- ... the Great Gully -- 8.9.2010
		Dow Crag -- Old Man of Coniston -- Torver and Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite -- Cumbria / -- 8.9.2010
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		Page 36:-
		... Gates Water, ... reposes between the Old Man's western side, and the foot of the precipitous Dow Crag; (Dove Crag.) ...
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		THE CRAGS.
		... Dow Crag (Dove Crag) in Coniston Fells, ...
	placename:-	Dow Crag
	other name:-	Dove Crag
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old print:-	Jenkinson 1875
		Guide book, A Practical Guide to the English Lake District, by Henry Irwin Jenkinson, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 4th edition 1875.
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Skiddaw, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Dow Crags ...
		Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
		... Dow Crags ...
	placename:-	Dow Crags
	date:-	1875
	period:-	19th century, late
		photographs
		Dow Crag -- Old Man of Coniston -- Torver and Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite -- Cumbria / -- 8.9.2010
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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