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North Mayo Area Nephin Beg Range Subarea Printable format Maximum height for area: 806 metres Summits in area: 38 OS Map(s): 22, 23, 24, 30, 31 for all tops Set Area Map On     Slieve Carr Mountain Mayo County Corrshliabh A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. Corrshliabh [OSNB*], 'conspicuous/pointed mountain') Height: 721 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 23 for top Grid Ref: F915 145 Latitude: 54.068260 Longitude: -9.658056 ITM: 491473 814508 Prominence: 646m   Isolation: 4.6km Also known as Slieve Cor or Corslieve. The Discovery map links the name Corslieve with a neighbouring peak (541m) situated about 3 miles to the south, but the Ordnance Survey Name Book and William Bald's map of Mayo (1830) show quite clearly that it is simply an alternative for Slieve Carr, with the same elements inverted. Slieve Carr is the second highest mountain in the North Mayo area and the 94th highest in Ireland. Our data has reached 72% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Slieve Carr Page 1 2 Next page >> Picture: Isolation Expand pics.   New Comment The little tin bothy by wicklore  25 Aug 2010 Just like MV member Geo recently did, I also fulfilled a long held wish to climb Slieve Carr. Carr is widely held to be the most remote hill in Ireland, using a definition of being furthest away from roads, houses and people. The summit is about 14 kms from the nearest road along the Bangor Trail. The Trail is a 30km route that takes you through the area of near-wilderness of North Mayo in which Slieve Carr is situated. The Trail is little more than a guessing game at times as it passes through the most remote expanses of bog, and you need your wits about you when the bad weather closes in! The Trail skirts the SW slopes of Carr, and most people approach Carr from the north or south along it. Other hardy souls make a beeline from the west or east across vast expanses of bog or through kilometres of forest. This route is shorter, but equally challenging. It’s also possible to combine Slieve Carr with Nephin Beg. Rather than going for a marathon 28km there-and-back hike in one day, I opted to stay overnight at a ‘tin bothy’ I had read about near the half way mark of the Trail. I planned to head to the bothy and sleep there after climbing Nephin and Carr. I started from the south and followed the Trail for several kms. This section is well marked, easily followed and a great warm up as you follow a river valley. Nephin Beg S Top is reached after about 4.5kms and I branched off the Trail to climb it. From here I continued on to the main Nephin Beg top. The views back to Glennamong and Corranabinnia were great in between the heavy rain showers. After Nephin Beg there is a steep descent to the col with Slieve Carr. Carr presented as a hulking mass with steep sides from this angle. I had a heavy rucksack weighing 18-20 kilos. Because of this I was slowed down considerably and I was tired after several hours walking after an early start driving from Dublin. I decided to head straight for the tin bothy and attempt Carr the following morning. As I diverted back down onto the Bangor Trail in the vast bog below I dreamed of a comfortable, warm bothy, with a fireplace and furniture. I wearily reached the tin bothy an hour from Nephin Beg, my rucksack getting heavier in the trudge through the bog. As I reached the bothy I was presented with the sight of a ramshackle tin box with a hole in the roof and broken plywood floor. As I stepped inside the 7 x 9 foot box the floor cracked further as it was soaked from the rain coming in the open door and broken roof. I made the most of it and had a surprisingly comfortable night, enjoying the absolute silence of this most remote of Irish places. Carr was climbed the next day and it was a surprisingly ordinary mountain, with boggy peat hags, small rock fields and a massive cairn. Someone called ‘Neary’ proclaimed his visit to the hill in 2010 by scrawling his name on top of the summit Trig Pillar. Remote in many ways Carr may be, but sadly still subject to graffiti. (Comment Rating 4.83) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: A sense of scale Expand pics. New Comment This is really remote! by wicklore  25 Aug 2010 This view shows the vast Owenduff Valley stretching off into the distance to the southwest of Slieve Carr. I have marked the tiny bothy set amidst the massive plain. It is several hours hike to the nearest house, and for absolute quiet and solitude it’s a highly recommended place to go. However the bothy is in poor repair so bring a tent or a waterproof bivvy bag! (Comment Rating 4.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average by mikek  21 Aug 2004 Climbed Slieve Carr in Aug 2003, as part of an attempted two day hike from Bangor to Mullranney. After a tough 6.5 hour hike along the trail from Bangor I camped to the S of Tawnyanruddia near a galvanized 'crinkly tin' bothy erected as a shelter on the Bangor Trail Ref:905113 (Point A) (I would have saved the extra weight of a tent had I known). Trail was very wet and difficult under foot after a prolonged wet spell. Site was absolutly magnificant with the vast expanse of the Owenduff valley streching out to the SW; not a person or house in sight. I soon realised that my ambition was slightly beyond my fitness levels at the time, and so an alternative plan was hatched. The following morning I climbed Slieve Carr from the tent. The ground was dry and firm and I was blessed with clear weather on the summit, which possesses a substantial cairn built by some very early members of the Celtic hillwalking fraternity (slightly tougher than the current breed). It also has some unrivalled views of the vast area of forest/bogland to the east; which also contains a large windfarm and turf burning station at Bellacorick. The revised plans did not allow time for a visit to Nephin Beg, which combined with Slieve Carr would make a great day out. The map indicates a track out through the Owenduff valley to Srahduggaun Ref:866072 (Point B), which was to be my new destination. Track of sorts would be a better description as it was only slightly less wet than the adjacent bog, and one which should be avoided only after a prolonged dry spell. It should also be noted that there are two rivers to cross which could prove difficult in certain conditions. Slieve Carr is a remote mountain which is well worth the effort to get to if you enjoy the feeling of space. Point A: F905 113 Point B: F866 072 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: corrslieve, slieve carr from nephin beg Expand pics.   by WOODY  6 Oct 2006 climbed this in spring -summer 06, followed the bangor trail from the lodge at shramore towards bangor until just past meeting point with western way, turned north - north east to climb minor hill ( 410 M ) and then down into dip and up onto nephin beg, continued heading almost straight for the summit of slieve carr, over corslieve and on up to cairn at summit. not in any way technical but strenuous and heavy on time, turned round and reversed the whole thing back to shramore, pic attached (Comment Rating 3.67) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average by three5four0  16 Apr 2009 We climbed Slieve Carr last Sunday (Easter 2009), via Nephin Beg S Top, Nephin Beg & Corslieve and back via The Bangor Trail to the carpark before Srahmore Lodge. What a day!, sunny & clear, a bit breeze on the tops perhaps, but the views towards Achill were fantastic. Is this the most remote hill on the Mountain Views website?, or are there other candidates lurking elsewhere ?, I made it 14 km back from the summit to our car along the Bangor Trail. Which, lets face it, is only marginally less soft than the surrounding bog, so its not exactly a quicker way back. So, is Slieve Carr Irelands' Carn an Fhidhleir or even it's Seana Bhraigh, discuss ! (Comment Rating 3.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Slieve Carr Expand pics. Beast of a Mountain by ahendroff  12 Jul 2010 A rough walk-in from the nearest road or tarmac, no matter which direction you try and attempt it from. If lucky, the bogs will be dry-ish on your attempt (like mine). If unlucky, then it's a long bog-trot just to get to the base of the mountain. The picture shows the final steep ascent to the summit via its NW spur. 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