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South Midlands Area Walsh Mountains Subarea Printable format
Maximum height for area: 721 metres Summits in area: 11
OS Map(s): 54, 55, 60, 61, 67, 68, 75, 76 for all tops Set Area Map On
   

Carricktriss Gorse Hill Kilkenny County
Height: 314 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 75 for top
Grid Ref: S48312 29103 Latitude: 52.411754 Longitude: -7.290778
ITM: 648250 629152 Prominence: 169m   Isolation: 13.2km
Rating graphic. Located in the townland of Mullenbeg. Carricktriss Gorse is the highest point in the Walsh Mountains. It is unusual that the element Gorse has been added to this name, but the most likely explanation is the simple one: gorse is abundant on this hill a
Carricktriss Gorse is the 948th highest summit in Ireland. Carricktriss Gorse is the second most southerly summit in the South Midlands area. Our data has reached 46% of the goal for this summit. (Details)
   
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carricktriss Gorse in area South Midlands, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Picture: West over fields to the Comeraghs and Slievenamon Expand pics.		  
Simple to walk up with a unique view to the west
Short Summary created by jackill, wicklore  3 Aug 2012 Park at the forest entrance at S48150 28150 (Point A) next to a house on your right.
Watch out for the dogs from this house,(they were fenced in when I was here but that was at 7:30 am), as they strike me as a potential hazard waiting to happen.
Walk uphill on a wide forest track ignoring the first turn to the right , this will see you in a large turning circle after approximately 1 km.On the left side of this turning circle you will see a gap in the trees and a rough track leading uphill from it. A short distance up this track cross into the open field to your left and continue uphill to the forest corner. Cross the wire fence and going uphill through the conifers will see you at the trig pillar in 2/3 minutes. Instead of crossing into the field you can also continue along the forest track here and find your way to the summit by taking the second trail into the trees at S48324 28940 (Point B). The trig pillar is situated in a small clearing in the coniferous forest, where a few silver birch trees also flourish. There are no views at the summit itself due to the surrounding trees.
Point A: S48150 28150 Point B: S48324 28940 (turn area map On)

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carricktriss Gorse in area South Midlands, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Picture: Furze and Conifers Expand pics.
by jackill  7 Mar 2010 Well now an unusual name for a small hill. The biggest difficulty here is dodging the Rottweiler in the house next to the wood entrance at S48150 28150 (Point A). Walk uphill following the track until it ends, look left, see a gap in the trees and follow the rough, thorny track uphill until you can walk through a gap in the ditch into a field.Turn right and walk up to the right angle corner of the field. Hop the wire and walk uphill into the forest for couple of minutes to the lonely pillar. Incidentally at the risk of being simplistic there is quite a bit of gorse on the hill, and lots of dead gorse bushes under the forest canopy suggesting it was more widespread before Coillte arrived!
Point A: S48150 28150 (turn area map On)
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