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North Mayo Area Nephin Beg Range Subarea

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Maximum height for area: 806 metres

Summits in area: 38

OS Map(s): 22, 23, 24, 30, 31 for all tops

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Nephin Beg S Top Hill	Mayo County
For origin of name, see Nephin Beg.
Height: 410 metres	OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 31 for top
Grid Ref: F93526 08250	Latitude: 54.012556 Longitude: -9.624933
ITM: 493499 808259	Prominence: 65m Isolation: 2.0km
Nephin Beg S Top is the 790th highest summit in Ireland. Our data has reached 39% of the goal for this summit. (Details)

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Picture: Walkers making for Nephin Beg S Top (in background) along the Bangor Trail. Expand pics.

Straight forward route out and back.

Short Summary created by Harry Goodman 24 May 2012 Perhaps the most difficult part of this route is to find the start point! About 1k N of Newport take a minor road to the right F981950 (Point A) and follow it along, generally in a northerly direction for some 11k, passing L. Feeagh on the way. At F973055 (Point B) leave the road and go left onto an unsurfaced but good quality track. The start of the route is at the Brogan Carroll Bothy some 500m further along to the left of the track with ample parking space. Head W to cross a narrow wooden bridge and follow the way marked route of the Letterkeen Looped Walk and the Bangor Trail. Some 3.2k along, where the forest on the right is replaced by open ground F937073 (Point C), go directly N up the hillside to gain the top about 1k further along F9352708251 (Point D), on a broad flattish summit area and marked by a small pile of stones. Return by way of ascent. It is unlikely that this top will be climbed very often in it's own right. More likely it will be used as a point of reference for a climb of Nephin Beg.

Point A: F981 950	Point B: F973 055	Point C: F937 073
Point D: F93527 08251	(turn area map On)

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Picture: Walkers on the S Top making for Nephin Beg Expand pics.

A way to better things.

by Harry Goodman 24 May 2012 Climbed this top on 8 May 2012 as part of a round that also included Nephin Beg. A constant thought that one has in climbing in this range for the first time is one of "remoteness". Even finding the start point for a walk can be difficult to locate among the numerous small roads and lanes that abound in this part of Mayo. We parked at the Brogan Carroll stone bothy F968055 (Point E) and followed the waymarkers W for the Letterkeen Looped Walk/Bangor Trail. After initially crossing a narrow wooden bridge over the Altaconey River we followed the trail for some 3.2K to F937073 (Point C) a point where the forest on the right ends, to be replaced by open ground. The S Top lay due N up the hillside 1k along and some 230 metres in height gain. Going was good and the climb gradual, over a mix of grass and peat with occasional stoney patches. While the view N from the top is dominated by Nephin Beg there were fine views SW to Glenamong and the mountains of the Corranbinna Horseshoe, with Bengorm, our climb on the previous day clearly visable due south. Nephin Beg S Top is a broad flatish non-descript area with the high point marked by a small pile of stones. Return is by way of ascent or for a more satisfying day in the hills, as in our case, continue on NNW to Nephin Beg about 2.2k further along.

Point E: F968 055

Point C: F937 073

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Following the Bangor Trail(ish)

by Geo 25 Jul 2010 Did this on the way to Slieve Carr on 24 07 10. Started by parking at Letterkeen Wood at F9765805083 (Point F). Walked South for a couple hundred metres then followed the Western Way/Bangor Trail markers to the right and then on to the bothy where there's an info board describing the Letterkeen Loop/Western Way/Bangor Trail on which you are on all three at this point. We went across the very sturdy bridge and followed the Bangor trail west on a rough track until we came to a junction where the Bangor Trail continues forward and the Letterkeen Loop goes right. At this point we followed the Trail straight ahead for about 200metres passing the corner of the forest then went right off the trail and followed a bearing for the summit uphill. Two hours from the car and a small pile of stones seems to mark the possible summit although I took my GPS reading some 20metres away where the highest point (it seemed) was! We had no views as the cloud surrounded us and the Atlantic was hellbent on making sure we were soaked in the drizzle/mist.

Point F: F97658 05083

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