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North Wexford Area

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Maximum height for area: 420 metres

Summits in area: 4

OS Map(s): 62, 68, 69 for all tops

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Gibbet Hill Hill	Wexford County
Cnoc na Croiche A name in Irish	(Language)
(poss. Ir. ‡Cnoc na Croiche [PDT], 'hill of the gallows')
Height: 315 metres	OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 68,69 for top
Grid Ref: S94684 59126	Latitude: 52.675415 Longitude: -6.600939
ITM: 694612 659168	Prominence: 212m Isolation: 7.8km
The Irish form Cnoc na Croiche is not attested for this name. It has been borrowed from the townland of Gibbethill in Co. Waterford. Gibbet Hill is the second highest hill in the North Wexford area and the 945th highest in Ireland. Gibbet Hill is the most westerly in the North Wexford area. Our data has reached 53% of the goal for this summit. (Details)

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Picture: Summit of Gibbet Hill with Blackstairs beyond Expand pics.

by wicklore 17 May 2009 Exploring the minor roads that circle Gibbet Hill I found a track that branches off in a southerly direction at S939 591 (Point A). Just up this track there is a gate on the left. The gate seems to be a Coillte access point, and it was possible to park there. Through the gate I turned left on a track. The hill slopes up to the right and is covered in furze. After a few minutes on the track I came to a line of beech trees heading up the hill. Using the trees as a corridor I took a shortcut up the hill and followed them up until I rejoined the track above. Beneath the copse of beech trees was a delightful bed of bluebells that stretched up the hill. After reaching the upper track at S941 588 (Point B) I left it to head directly uphill again. This time there were no trees to provide a protective corridor and some pain was experienced negotiating the furze. I soon reached another upper track, and continued directly uphill through more rough ground. I eventually reached a fence at S944 589 (Point C) and turned left to follow it. If anyone is repeating this route I would suggest you cross the fence here and follow it to the summit keeping the fence on your left. This is because the ground on the side of the fence I was on became dense with thorny furze and I couldn’t find anywhere to cross the fence to the clearer ground on the other side. I had to endure another 15 minutes of painful walking as I followed the fence to the summit. The summit area (S946 591 (Point D)) is a grassy field mixed with (surprise surprise!) more furze. There are two little masts at the summit, and one appears to be a weather station. There is a trig pillar, and finally there is a large white cross on a concrete base. Views are expansive to the east, south and west. The best views are of the Blackstairs Mountains. Their entire span is visible from north to south. Leaving the summit I headed back down to the track. On reaching it I turned right and followed it along until I found what appeared to be a quad bike track heading directly steeply downhill. I followed this all the way down to the track near the car, startling a hare (and myself) along the way. Gibbet Hill was a nice walk that took just over an hour. I would go back just to see the carpet of bluebells, thriving quietly away beneath the beech trees.

Point A: S939 591	Point B: S941 588	Point C: S944 589
Point D: S946 591	(turn area map On)

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Picture: Looking East from the Summit Expand pics.

Furze Free

by Geansai 13 Nov 2011 I followed in Wicklore's footsteps but I didn't drive up as far as the coillte gate as the track was very bad. I just parked at the junction of the track and the road, where there's enough space to park well away from a farm gate opposite, so as not to block it while remaining well off the main road and not blocking the junction. The way is is signposted with arrows from the coillte gate. Give the beech tree corridor a miss ( There's furze at the end of it before you get back on the track ) and stay on the track uphill. You'll come to a crossroads of sorts- the track you're on veers sharply to the right with arrow signposts indicating thats the way you should go. Furthur uphill you'll come to a junction. Turn left and after several hundred yards, watch out for a small mucky track going to the right, and uphill through the vegatation. Horses have been up here and its nothing but muck which you can avoid by dancing round the grassy edges. At the end of it by a fence you can see the summit to your right and its an easy stroll over. The town of Carnew can be seen to the north. On the way down a horse and rider emerged downhill from the beech tree corridor and continued straight down after crossing the track. I was wondering how they could ride horses up the narrow mucky track but this guy made it look easy.

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Picture: Mount Leinster looms large from Gibbet Hill Expand pics.

by simon3 23 Feb 2010 One thing you may notice in a number of places on this hill is some fine stone walls made out of flattish pieces of rock. In the eighteenth century there was a slate quarry on the hill which is presumably the reason.

The least prickly way we found up is to start at the same entrance as mentioned by Wicklore and then go to S94784 59331 (Point E) where there is an unpromising looking track leading SE. Take this and after about 90m of not-great-but-passable track beside an old wall you will emerge into open ground. Go around 230m SW along the fence and you will be at the top.

Point E: S94784 59331

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Picture: Wind farm on Gibbet Hill with Slieveboy behind. Expand pics.

Building site at the top.

by paddyhillsbagger 23 Feb 2013 Walked Gibbet Hill as part of completing the Nth Wexford area and found the top relatively easily by following the other commenters routes. What they didn't come across was the building site at the top for a new wind farm. A stones throw from the trig are the works offices, an access road and the foundations for a turbine. The trig and nearby cross look swamped and abandoned in a sea of earth works.This work is ongoing as of Feb 2013 and access will possibly be restricted during construction.

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