Guestuser: Login or enrol?

	Welcome to "MountainViews" Guest visitor - have a look around - enrol (free & quick) to see Lists & Logs etc.

CHOOSE in Purple Mtn Purple Mountain Purple Mountain NE Top Shehy Mountain Tomies Mountain CHOOSE an area Achill/Corraun Antrim Hills Arigna Mountains Ballyhoura Mountains Belfast Hills Ben Gorm Mountains Blackstairs Mountains Bluestack Mountains Boggeragh Mountains Brandon Group Breifne Bricklieve/Curlew Caha Mountains Central Dingle Comeragh Mountains Cooley/Gullion Croagh Patrick Dartry Mountains Dingle West Donegal NW Donegal SW Dublin/Wicklow Dunkerron Mountains East Coast Fermanagh/S Tyrone Galty Mountains Glenbeigh Horseshoe Inishowen Iveragh NW Keenaght Knockmealdown Mountains Maamturks MacGillycuddy's Reeks Mangerton Mizen/Sheeps Head Mourne Mountains Mweelrea Mountains Nagles Mountains North Kerry North Mayo North Midlands North Wexford Ox Mountains Paps/Derrynasaggart Partry/Joyce Country Purple Mtn S Donegal/W Tyrone Shannon Sheeffry Hills Shehy/Knockboy Slieve Bloom Slieve Mish Slieve Miskish South Connemara South Midlands South Wexford Sperrin Mountains Twelve Bens W Limerick / N Kerry West Clare Wicklow/Dublin Summit or area: Set min height for summits. 150m 400m 500m 600m ; Map of 150m+ Summits (clickable) + - (Map Zoom) Local 150m+ Summits Tomies Mountain, 735m   Purple Mountain NE Top, 757m   Shehy Mountain, 762m   Cnoc an Bhráca, 731m   Purple Mountain, 832m   Cnoc na dTarbh, 655m   This session you have viewed Slievecoiltia, Purple Mountain Users Online: covkid45 Guests online: 31 Conditions and Info Use of MountainViews is governed by conditions. Hillwalking is a risk sport. Information about the site and about safety is here. Opinions in material here are not necessarily endorsed by MountainViews.   RSS Feed for Recent Items.

Purple Mtn Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 832 metres Summits in area: 4 OS Map(s): 78 for all tops Set Area Map On     Purple Mountain Mountain Kerry County An Sliabh Corcra A name in Irish (Language) This is almost certainly a name coined in English. Height: 832 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 78 for top Grid Ref: V88640 85172 Latitude: 52.007916 Longitude: -9.622482 ITM: 488614 585231 Prominence: 597m   Isolation: 1.0km In his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland of 1837, Samuel Lewis reports that Purple Mountain is ‘so called from the colour of the shivered slate on its surface.’ The Irish version looks like a back-translation from the English by OSI. References to Tomish or Toomish Mountain (i.e. Tomies) in The Ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry (1756) by Charles Smith make it clear that this name applied to the whole of what is now known as Purple Mountain. A number of 19th century sources confirm this, and this explains why Purple Mountain is not marked on the 6 map, though Tomies and Shehy Mountain are. Purple Mountain is the highest mountain in the Purple Mtn area and the 27th highest in Ireland. Purple Mountain is the most southerly summit in the Purple Mtn area and also the most westerly. Our data has reached 80% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Purple Mountain Page 1 2 3 Next page >> Picture: From near Cnoc na dTarbh Expand pics.   One of the best views on this Island Short Summary created by jackill  14 Jan 2012 Park on the roadside at V872 838 (Point A), room for 5 cars, and follow the track past Madmans seat and on to the Glas Loch. Follow the west shore then steeply up to the east at the back of the lake. This path is very unstable just before the ridge at 560 meters elevation. Cross over to the eastern side of the ridge, try to pick up zig-zig path that leads eventually to V884 851 (Point B), the col between point 793 meters and the summit of Purple. From this ridge its a short scramble up over loose rocks to the summit cairn, the fourth cairn of the five you will meet. Continue on to Tomies There are two ways down from Tomies.Follow a route directly rough heather which makes for slow unpleasent progress until you gain the lower slopes, it is undoubtable that this is the safer route. The other way is to descend over short heather to the top of Tomies rock . In bad visibility or windy weather be careful, it would be very easy to walk straight over the edge!. Just before you reach the the rocks there is a path close to the cliff edge which will lead you eventually down to a gentler slope- this route has magnificent views over the Gap of Dunloe. Once the lower slopes are gained at around V889 885 (Point C) head towards the green shed at V888 892 (Point D), keep to western side of the wire fence( fence and shed are marked only on Hardys map) this marks the corner of the track back to the main road. At V887 893 (Point E) on this track either fork will take you to the main road. Point A: V872 838 Point B: V884 851 Point C: V889 885 Point D: V888 892 Point E: V887 893 (turn area map On) Comment Rating (4.00) "Nil Satharn sa Bhliain na go spalpann an ghrian" .. by jackill   (Show all for Purple Mountain) Climbed from the north over Tomies, and a great b .. by Peter Walker   (Show all for Purple Mountain) This was a very enjoyable trek and we had great l .. by rug   (Show all for Purple Mountain) We climbed from the top of the Gap of Dunloe. A b .. by DickyDonut   (Show all for Purple Mountain) I climbed from the north, from the West Top from .. by mart   (Show all for Purple Mountain) COMMENTS for Purple Mountain Page 1 2 3 Next page >> (End of comment section for Purple Mountain. Recent comments about other mountains below.) RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 31 Next page >> Track Near Slieve Binnian North Tor, Mourne Mountains (Ireland) jmoore 2 hours ago. walk, Length:13.5km, Climb: 729m, Area: Slieve Binnian North Tor, Mourne Mountains (Ireland) Slieve Binnian North Tor, Slieve Binnian, Wee Binnian    Forum: General re track jop68 7 hours ago. cheers that will do fine thanks dessie    Track Castlegall Mts circuit, Dartrys fingalscave 2 hours ago. A six peak circuit in the Castlegalls, a "lesser" branch of walk, Length:12.6km, Climb: 760m, Area: Crockauns, Dartry Mountains (Ireland) Crockauns, Forum: General Re:Track Dessie1 16 hours ago. jop68, if you click on track 788 on the track page the zig zag descent from Cnoc Na Toinne to Cronins Yard is logged on it.The track is of the Eastern Reeks so it might be a bit of a help if there...    Forum: General track jop68 a day ago. love the new track section anyone one have gpx route up/down Carrantuohill via the zig-zag route? cheers    Track Mullaghanattin circuit, from The Pocket. fingalscave a day ago. Absolutely wonderful place. I added in Beann SW and far SW walk, Length:15.7km, Climb: 1236m, Area: An Cnoc Riabhach, Iveragh (Ireland) An Cnoc Ria Summit Comment Doughruagh: A divild1 Video CaptainVertigo 3 days ago. divild1 is a regular contributor to YouTube. Here's his piece on Maolcnoc and Doughruagh from October 2011    Forum: General Path to Righteousness Bleck Cra 2 days ago. ..    Summit Comment Silver Hill: Lake on Eany Beg River not on OS Discovery Series Sheet 11 bryanmccabe 3 days ago. Having completed a walk taking in Croaghgorm, Lavagh More, Lavagh Beg and Silver Hill on 19th Feb 2012, I feel it is worth reiterating a comment made by gerrym in his post of 3 Jun 2005. In the va... Track Knocklaur, Devilsmothers horseshoe fingalscave a day ago. A fairly challenging route in terms of steepness of both asc walk, Length:12.0km, Climb: 848m, Area: Knocklaur, Partry/Joyce Country (Ireland) Knockl    Summit Comment Slievecorragh: Exceptional Teddy Bear march-fixer 2 days ago. Well 'Teddy Bear' is certainly not lonely. There was a constant visitation to the wonderful vantage point on this lovely Sunday afternoon. The people I met had heard the radio interview, which piq...    Summit Comment Scraigs: Walkers Welcome! gerrym 6 days ago. Scraigs presented an imposing profile approaching from the NW and became even more impressive as its steep slopes swept up from the shores of Lough Finn. Mist was just clearing its top whilst in t... RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 31 Next page >>