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Hilltop-Harrier
2012-02-14 22:26:21
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County Donegal Urris Hills/Mamore Gap
The Hilltop Harrier's love the hilltops but also love veering off the beaten track so we ramble just where we want.The Urris Hills are stunning for sea views, the Forty Shades of Green where the original lyrics were supposedly penned etc. We spent 6 different days taking in all this hill has to offer., there are several places to park depending on what way you want to go up. On the Leenan side i.e North side there are several tracks also which follow around the hill for most of the way until you come close to the coast.We went up from the South side in the Gap and followed the old track around it then got lost to the heather so we had to climb Northward before progressing over the rocky face in the photo.
There is a lot of loose stone and a bit of a climb as the photo shows and there are several such climbs until you reach the peak. It is great leisurely walking on the top but of course extremely cold from the sea wind and dangerous at the best viewing points. The views of Crunlough Lake and Lough Fad are breathtaking on a clear day. We did not encounter any fencing for the whole of the walk which was brilliant. You views will include Buncrana, Dunree Beach,Dunree Fort,Lough Swilly,Inch, Leenan Beach, Leenan Fort, Dunaff Head on a clear day. A new ramblers trek is being marked out on the Leenan side of the hill and the posts/markers are fixed near the lakes etc. There is also a crash site of a WWW 2 Wellington Bomber where the six crewmen died; this is a geocaching site for anyone interested. We were able to get the co-ordinates for the crash site in the geo-caching site and eventually found it, but that's another story..lol.. Anyway should anyone want to see more pic.s of the area ( I don't want to be over posting here) they can follow this link . https://picasaweb.google.com/102469910929964266311/DonegalUrrisHillsRaghtinMorRaghtinBeag22January2012#
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Summit Summary
Knockane: Easy though rough to get to, great views. |
Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 17 hours ago.
Park at a forest entrance R850 665 , room for 5 cars, walk into the forest right at R844 663 which will bring you through the forest onto moorland. As it peters out you have a rough 200 meter cros... |
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Track
Simple way up from the SW. |
simon3 17 hours ago.
Park near the start off the road which was retarred in 2012. walk, Length:2.8km, Climb: 152m, Area: Knockadigeen Hill, Shannon (Ireland) Knockadigeen |
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Summit Summary
Cooneen Hill: Briars, pines and pain |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 17 hours ago.
Start from the forestry entrance at R90294 66782 and walk uphill, taking two lefts and one right off the main track onto a very rough track thats almost blocked near the end with felled trees, to... |
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Forum: General
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Forum: Suggestions
Re Main Area Display, logging |
simon3 3 days ago.
The suggestion is that the list of summits for a mountain area obtained by asking for More Detail for the mountain area show whether or not the summit has been climbed. This has now been implement... |
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Summit Comment
Soarns Hill: Forested summit |
slemish 2 days ago.
Getting to the summit of Soarns Hill is difficult and the extensive forestry means that views are severely limited. But as it qualifies under MV prominence rules, off I went to climb it. I parked ... |
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