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Experimental track of a trip to Keeper Hill and 2 nearby summits.

Track 2171 simon3 a day ago
This may not be at all an optimum route. walk, Length:20.8km, Climb: 859m, Area: Knockfune, Shannon (Ireland) Knockfune, Knockane, Keeper Hill

Thank you MV

Forum: General ahendroff a day ago
At 5.42pm today I completed my 404th and final Arderin. Long journey to here. Delighted & overjoyed. Humbled at the challenge also. And thanks Mountain Views for that. Gougane Barra will always be...

Varied, strenuous wild Bluestacks walk.

Track 2209 simon3 3 days ago
This varied route explores the two Ardnageers, Croaghbane, C walk, Length:21.0km, Climb: 999m, Area: Ardnageer SW Top, Bluestack Mountains (Ireland)

Soarns Hill: Forested summit

Summit Comment slemish a day 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 ...

Soarns Hill: Local summit visit

Summit Comment Harry Goodman a day ago
Climbed Soarns Hill to-day as one of the 100 listed hills nearest to my home. I used three5four0's very helpful route description. The following additional information may be useful. The second...

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Forum: General BleckCra 2 days ago
Thank you kevin carroll. If I can put a smile on that contrary face, the Matterhorn should be a cakewalk.

A circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills

Track 2206 mcrtchly 4 days ago
Park at S112081 and walk north along the road for about 170m walk, Length:11.7km, Climb: 620m, Area: Crohan West, Knockmealdown Mountains (Ireland) C

Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 3 days ago
Meenanea is a summit of low prominence on the ridge from Cronamuck to Croaghbarnes. It is most likely that it will be reached as part of a traverse along this ridge. It has excellent views towa...

Re Main Area Display, logging

Forum: Suggestions simon3 2 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...

Walks Around Port 2

Track 2197 gerrym 5 days ago
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland)

Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 3 days ago
This summit can be reached using the ridge extending NE from Croaghbarnes and there are suggestions it could be reached from Commeen to the north on the R253. Cronamuck has views over towards Gau...

A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"?

Forum: General Conor74 2 days ago
Think none of the Scavvies so far have tackled the Dunkerrons, and the Cloon Horseshoe at its heart - Mullaghanattin, Beann, Finnararagh and then moving all the way on to Knocknagantee and swingin...
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Dublin/Wicklow Area
Maximum height for area: 925 metres,   Summits in area: 89,   Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 49, 50, 55, 56, 61, 62 For all tops   Highest summit: Lugnaquillia, 925m

Summits in area Dublin/Wicklow:
Cupidstown Hill 379m
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Wicklow Mountains:   Annagh Hill 454mBallinacor Mountain 531mBallinafunshoge 480mBallineddan Mountain 652mBallycumber Hill 431mBallycurragh Hill 536mBallyteige 447mBaltinglass Hill 382mBarranisky 280mBenleagh 689mBlack Hill 602mBrockagh Mountain 557mBrockagh Mountain SE Top 470mCamaderry 698mCamenabologue 758mCamenabologue SE Top 663mCarrick Mountain 381mCarrickashane Mountain 508mCarrigleitrim 408mCarriglineen Mountain 455mCarrigshouk 573mCarrigvore 682mChurch Mountain 544mCloghernagh 800mCollon Hill 238mConavalla 734mCorriebracks 531mCorrigasleggaun 794mCroaghanmoira 664mCroghan Kinsella 606mCushbawn 400mDerrybawn Mountain 474mDjouce 725mDuff Hill 720mFananierin 426mGravale 718mGreat Sugar Loaf 501mKeadeen Mountain 653mKirikee Mountain 474mKnocknacloghoge 534mLakeen 357mLittle Sugar Loaf 342mLobawn 636mLugduff 652mLugduff SE Top 637mLuggala 595mLugnagun 446mLugnaquillia 925mMaulin 570mMoanbane 703mMoneyteige North 427mMullacor 657mMullaghcleevaun 849mMullaghcleevaun East Top 790mMuskeagh Hill 397mPreban Hill 389mScarr 641mSeskin 344mSilsean 698mSleamaine 430mSlieve Maan 550mSlievecorragh 418mSlievefoore 414mSlievemaan 759mSorrel Hill 599mSpinans Hill 409mSpinans Hill SE Top 400mStoney Top 714mStookeen 420mTable Mountain 701mTinoran Hill 312mTomaneena 681mTonduff 642mTonelagee 817mTonelagee NE Top 668mTrooperstown Hill 430mWar Hill 686m
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Cupidstown Hill Hill Cnoc Bhaile Cupid A name in Irish
(Ir. Cnoc Bhaile Cupid [logainm.ie], 'hill of Cupidstown') County Highpoint of Kildare In County Highpoint List

Height: 379m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 50 Grid Reference: O00573 20595 This summit has been logged as climbed by 99 members
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Longitude: -6.495179, Latitude: 53.226278 Prominence: 54m,   Isolation: 2.5km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 700479 720599,   GPS IDs, 6 char: CpdsHl, 10 char: CpdstwnHil

Cupidstown Hill is the highest point in Co. Kildare. However, it is on the fringes of the Dublin Mountains and is dwarfed by other nearby hills such as Seefingan and Kippure, both on the Dublin/Wicklow county boundary. It is therefore less well known   Cupidstown Hill is the 873rd highest summit in Ireland. Cupidstown Hill is the highest point in county Kildare.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Cupidstown Hill in area Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: Route to Glory		  
Plain hill above the Plains of Kildare
Short Summary created by wicklore  3 Oct 2010 The highest point of Kildare is easily reached by crossing the gate at O005 202 (Point A), and taking a 5 minute ramble up a grassy track through the trees. There has been a problem with dumping on the minor road at the gate, and even burnt out cars and dumping along the grassy track. The 10 or 15 minutes you’ll be gone might be long enough.
There is a telecommunications mast at the end of the track, with the official summit marked by a trig pillar just over a fence in a field. There are good views across the flat plain of Dublin and Kildare.

This minnow of a hill holds a large claim to fame – it is apparently named after Cromwell’s gun.
Point A: O005 202

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Cupidstown Hill in area Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: Summit mast and pillar.
Cupids arrow must be blunt!
by Dessie1  24 Sep 2010 Climbed Cupidstown hill from access road on Lambs Hill O005 202.A couple of mins through a wide pathway leads to the summit and that is about the height of it!!
Nice views to the North and a Big trig pillar hidden behind the mast building are what you will find.Thankfully the walk back to the car doesnt take too long!
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Cupidstown Hill in area Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: Tranquil grassy track leads to the summit		  
by wicklore  29 Jul 2009 According to local legend (as told to Paul Clements in ‘The Height of Nonsense’) Cupidstown Hill got its name from Oliver Cromwell’s gun, which he had apparently named ‘Cupid’. The connection between Cromwell and this part of Kildare is that Cromwell is said to have had a command post on the hill while his army sacked the surrounding land. Hence the name Cupidstown Hill. This might not be as ridiculous as it seems when we consider that Cromwellstown is the next townland to Cupidstown, and there is a Cromwellstownhill there also.

Cromwellian-like destruction was in evidence when I climbed this hill over a year ago. I used a minor road that crosses the hill to get to a track that leads to the summit. This minor road was extremely rutted and damaged, and combined with a steep incline it was quite a challenge to drive up. At approx O005 202 there is a gate and a wide grassy track leading NE through the trees. At the gate and surrounding roadside there was a lot of dumped debris. The grassy track leads in a few minutes to the top of Cupidstown Hill at O006 206 (Point B). Along the way I encountered a burnt out car and the odd assortment of junk that tends to accumulate in such fly-tipping hot spots.

The forestry runs up to the summit where it meets fields of grass that roll up from the west. There is a telecommunications mast at the edge of the trees, and the summit trig pillar is just over a fence in the adjoining field. There are fine views across the plains of Kildare and Dublin to the north and west. Saggart Hill, which is a part of the same ridge of upland, is clearly visible a short distance away to the NE.

Cupidstown Hill is a bit of a paradox. It clearly suffers from being so close to Dublin, yet once out on the summit field it is a nice rural feeling with great views. Its cute name implies innocence, yet it has seen terrible things – both historically and, more recently, the dumping and antisocial behaviour.
Point B: O006 206
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Being watched!
by hazyview  9 Oct 2010 We (family of 2 adults with 2 small children) visited this spot 2 weeks ago. As the earlier commentators have said, all the climbing was done by
the car. We approached by the N81 through Tallaght (coming from the M50) and
turned right after Brittas, opposite the road that's signposted "Kilbride".
After less than a mile driving up a twisty road, you will see a gateway on
the right with a black-and-yellow bar on top. This is the place to park (we
discovered eventually, after passing it, going to Kilteel and making a few
wrong turns).

Some of the rubbish seems to have been cleared away since the last
contributors visited. Perhaps the contibutions and cctv camera mentioned have
improved the surveilance here. Before we started up the beautiful grassy
woodland path, however, we were aware of a "surveilance" of another kind: a
big stag was staring down the path at us!

An easy 5 minute stroll later we were at the telecoms mast and walked around
it to the trig pillar. It's a super view over a large area for minimum
walking effort. Thank you to paulocon, wicklore, and others for valuable
contributions.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Cupidstown Hill in area Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland
by paulocon  29 Jul 2009 Visited Cupidstown hill as part of a County Tops task. The hill lies close to perhaps Ireland's sleepiest Village, Kilteel. The road up to the hill is in a bad state of disrepair but it's condition is nothing in comparison to the entrance to the short avenue that lies to Kildare's highest point. It's fair to say that the location will never be on the Kildare Tourism Board's website. The area around and inside of the gate was doing a fine job of passing as a dump - the most notable discarded item being a large body-sized bag which I was relieved to hear jangle when I kicked it!
From the gate, it's just a 5 minute walk to the summit - a veritable 'plain jane' in comparison to some of the other County Tops.
Everything about the highest point of Kildare was underwhelming - the communications mast was small, the adjoining building more like the caravan off father ted, it's hum barely audible and finally the trig pillar sat folornly on the edge of a mucky ditch across a bedraggled and torn fence.
That said, Cupidstown Hill is the highest point in Kildare so for anyone who wakes up one morning and decides that their life won't be complete until they visit all the County High Points, it is somewhere that has to be visited and somewhere that has a pretty unique character all of it's own.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Cupidstown Hill in area Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: My second visit to the majestic Cupidstown Hill		  
Because once is never enough...
by paulocon  27 Apr 2010 Ended up back on Cupidstown Hill after taking a diversion so that my daughter could visit it on our way to Kippure. Some work has been done to clean up the area around the gateway to the path leading up to the summit but it looks to be a battle the authorities are struggling to win. No one else around bar a couple of rabbits on the pathway up.

As I stood at the summit, I reckoned I must be in a very small group of people who had gone to the bother to visit it. Small as that group may be, the subset of people who had gone back for second helpings surely must consist of just one. The stretched wire suggested however that some like-minded souls had taken their life in their hands and climbed across the fence dividing the pathway and the trig point that marked the actual summit.

For my daughter, the hill marked her 6th county high-point but was soon forgotten as we made our way up Kippure after a short drive.
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