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Donegal NW Area Derryveagh Mountains Subarea Printable format Maximum height for area: 751 metres Summits in area: 54 OS Map(s): 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 6 for all tops Set Area Map On     Crockfadda Mountain Donegal County An Cnoc Fada A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. An Cnoc Fada [OSI], 'the long hill') Height: 529 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 1 for top Grid Ref: B90994 13656 Latitude: 54.970337 Longitude: -8.141409 ITM: 590945 913641 Prominence: 80m   Isolation: 1.0km Note that there is another hill of this name between Slieve Snaght and Dooish. Crockfadda is the 397th highest summit in Ireland. Our data has reached 61% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Crockfadda Page 1 of 1 Ever met a million rural midges? Short Summary created by jackill  21 May 2011 Approach from Glenveagh along the R254. Park in the small slipway carpark at B92918 12363 (Point A), room for 5-6 cars. Walk northeast along the road for 1km, cross the fence to your left and follow the Sruhancrolee stream northwest over marshy ground before ascending steeply next to a small waterfall. The slope is less steep as you cross a boggy kilometre west the small summit cairn If you climb here during warmer months bring midge repellant. Point A: B92918 12363 (turn area map On) Comment Rating (3.00) Picture: Lough Agannive with Lough Atirrive partly visible above & Crockglass rising behind from northern slo Expand pics.   by eflanaga  20 Apr 2006 (Climbed April 17th – see Crockfadda North-East Top for previous stage in walk). Leaving Crockfadda North-East Top I started to make my weary way south-west towards my final target. While this straight as the crow flies route was not particularly steep, my knee was beginning to act up again making the 60m descent to a narrow col followed by an 87m climb to Crockfadda’s summit a little more difficult than it should have been. Nevertheless, I reached the top in reasonable time. After taking a few photographs of Crocknafarragh, Crockglass and Lough Atirrive to the north-west, Errigal to the north and Slieve Snaght to the north-east I was ready to make for home. I had only walked about 200m when I was greeted by the start of the heaviest drizzle of the day. This was to make the last leg of the walk somewhat miserable. I decided to follow a route along the course of the Devlin River back to Dunlewey. About ten minutes after leaving Crockfadda’s summit Lough Agannive came into view down below me. I had initially taken a bearing, which would bring me east of Agannive, crossing the stream that feeds the Devlin River from the lough. However, I took a little detour to explore one of the small sandy beaches at the lough’s edge. After crossing the stream I decided to keep to the higher ground west of the river as the going along the riverbank was extremely difficult. I maintained a height of about 300 metres for 1K dropping gradually to a height of approximately 220m before reaching the final descent back down to Dunlewey Old Church. The terrain all along this route is rough and uneven bog. The heavy drizzle and recent heavy rainfall had left the ground extremely wet. This final leg of the walk - from Crockfadda to the Old Church ruins seeming twice as long as the 5.7K it actually was. Cold and tired I reached the height overlooking the church and dropped of the final slope crossing the Devlin River and a small stream by way of stepping stones to rejoin the track and little bridge I had crossed earlier in the day. A short walk brought me back to the car where a litre of water and 500mls of energy drinks was greedily consumed. After all that a two and a half hour drive home left me exhausted but delighted about what had proved to be a fairly challenging but largely enjoyable 14K horseshoe walk in my favourite part of the country. I would thoroughly recommend it – but if possible pick a drier and sunnier day if you can! (Comment Rating 3.89) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average by zeaphod  29 Feb 2004 Fairly easy walk up from the Owencarrow valley road, although the long grass (chest height in places when I last walked here) and uneven ground make it seem much harder. Once onto the tops, the going is much easier, with large slabs of rock, interspersed with bog/water. You have a good chance of spotting herds of deer up here. (Comment Rating 3.43) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: West Donegal revealed. Expand pics. by simon3  17 Sep 2005 Crockfadda will reward you with a great view of the West Donegal coast on a good day. The picture is a SW view, though further north you should be able to see Aran Island. (Comment Rating 3.40) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average (End of comment section for Crockfadda. Recent comments about other mountains below.) 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