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Mourne Mountains Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 850 metres Summits in area: 47 OS Map(s): 20, 29 for all tops Set Area Map On     Crenville Hill Down County Height: 460 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 29 for top Grid Ref: J20704 18673 Latitude: 54.103041 Longitude: -6.155511 ITM: 720626 818680 Prominence: 45m   Isolation: 1.2km Crenville is the 584th highest summit in Ireland. Our data has reached 59% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Crenville Page 1 of 1 Picture: Crenville from Slievemartin. It's tougher than it looks! Expand pics.   by wicklore  22 Sep 2009 csd and three5four0 are both on the nail when they say Crenville ‘requires much lifting of one’s legs’ and ‘an unusual amount of bog holes’. This is an unusual summit as it has all of the described bog holes, trenches, tussocks, deep grass and short heather. One footstep could place you onto firm turf and the next could be a 4 foot hole. The grass ranges from short and wiry to wide and long. The only explanation I can think of is that this was once fully forested and that after partial felling the scarred ground was conquered by an assortment of growth that hides the troubled ground below. On the plus side, I did find an intact and pristine dogs harness! I headed to Crenville from Slievemartin which is just over 1 kilometre to the south. Slievemartin is very easily reached from the car park at J196 174 (Point A) following the signposted ‘black arrow’ route. From Slievemartin I crossed pleasant grassy slopes to reach a fence at J204 182 (Point B). After crossing the fence I entered the twilight zone of Crenville’s curious underfoot conditions. Although the summit is only a few hundred metres from the fence, it took a long time to cover the distance as I tested the ground before each footstep. Hidden holes and streams beneath the grass are the problem, as well as the effort of forging a path at times. I enjoyed the walk though and even found a small dog’s harness on the slope. I can’t imagine a small dog finding it too easy to run about here so I have no idea how it got there. There is nothing to mark the summit and there is a feeling that Crenville is little visited. It has an isolated feel that will probably continue until the rest of the forestry is cleared. After Crenville I took a direct bearing to Slievemeel which involved more crazy underfoot challenges on the north slope of Crenville before navigating through some very interesting forestry further north. My photo shows a ‘T’ shaped growth of forestry on Crenville as seen from Slievemartin. Perhaps ‘T’ stands for tussocky, tricky, tiring and testing! Point A: J196 174 Point B: J204 182 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.67) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: The view over to Shanlieve and Finlieve from the summit of Crenville Expand pics. by csd  16 Feb 2008 I approached Crenville from the north, via the forest track that starts at the col between Crenville and Slievemeel, through the area shown as The Fallow on the Mournes map. This track doesn't venture as far south as shown on the map, but peters out into bogginess shortly after the two tracks reconverge. The forest planting is as random as shown on the map, so careful navigation is required. I cheated and used a GPS :) The views from the summit are very similar to those visible form Slievemeel, but pleasant nonetheless. The summit area itself is tough going, very tussocky underfoot, requiring much lifting of one's legs. (Comment Rating 3.75) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average by three5four0  20 Jul 2008 After the traverse of all the rough & boggy ground from Shanlieve to Slievemeel, the forestry track up to the Fallow came as light relief. The ground after the track was something else, csd has been to kind in his description. There appears to be some sort of drainage channels, perhaps for the trees, long gone peat cuttings or just an unusual amount of bog holes, which are now covered by various types of vegetation & lots of tussocks. These range from some knee deep to thigh deep. The summit itself appears to be on a slight spur of the summit ring contour. The Descent, unlike the film, did not have nocturnal flesh eating trolls running about the place, but there was plenty of bog holes for them to hide out in, in fact it was worse than the summit area. it was with relief i reached the firmer slopes of Slievemartin (after another fence). All in all, this summit is only suitable for the hard pressed DoE leader who has some disrespectful charges with him, where the smallest and rudest of them may disappear for ever here. So one for the fell runners as well then. (Comment Rating 3.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics.   Lucky Seven by pdtempan  24 May 2010 Using some wild flower books to identify this flower, I had thought that it was Irish saxifrage. However, scapania reliably informs me that Irish saxifrage is rare and limited to a few regions near the west coast, and that what I have snapped here is wood anemone. Thanks for putting me right! This beautiful cluster, photographed on the NW slopes of Crenville, has 7-petalled flowers. (Comment Rating 3.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average (End of comment section for Crenville. Recent comments about other mountains below.) RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 42 Next page >> Forum: General Tramps like us, Mr Cra jackill 6 hours ago. 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