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A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"?

Forum: General Conor74 an hour 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...

Re Main Area Display, logging

Forum: Suggestions simon3 8 hours 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...

Varied, strenuous wild Bluestacks walk.

Track 2209 simon3 22 hours ago
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Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 23 hours 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...

whats that about sex

Forum: General kevin carroll a day ago
Welcome back Bleck Craw, this forum has'nt been the same without you. While we sometimes differed on certain subjects( which I wont mention), your contributions were always entertaining if sometim...

Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 23 hours 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 circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills

Track 2206 mcrtchly a day 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

Carrigawaddra: The Loo valley: yes you can!, but don't...

Summit Comment thomas_g 2 days ago
Parked at the gravel area at the road junction at Loo Bridge, walked towards Kenmare on the R569 to a gate, then followed the muddy track to a green field (savour it, it will be the last you'll se...

Hill Runner

Forum: General roberto a day ago
Walking along the Wicklow Way today at the section that leads down to the Dargle River, steep enough section. I met a hill runner running up this part and at the same time he was having a conversa...

Walks Around Port 2

Track 2197 gerrym 3 days ago
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland)

Agnew's Hill: Shapely scarply Sallagh Braes

Summit Comment simon3 a week ago
North of the summit and over a road is the 2km long arc of Sallagh Braes, a spectacular semicircle of a valley where the higher ground to the west (left) falls away towards the sea. This pictur...

Circuit of the Three Aghlas

Track 2204 Onzy 3 days ago
Route takes in Aghla More, Aghla Beg South and Aghla Beg, be walk, Length:9.1km, Climb: 669m, Area: Aghla More, Donegal NW (Ireland) Aghla More, Aghl
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Mullaghcarbatagh Mountain Mullach Carbadach A name in Irish
(prob. Ir. Mullach Carbadach [PDT], 'boulder-strewn summit') Tyrone County In Arderin List

Height: 517m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 13 Grid Reference: H51813 94786 This summit has been logged as climbed by 41 members
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Longitude: -7.195194, Latitude: 54.798249 Prominence: 32m,   Isolation: 1.2km
ITM: 651751 894776,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Mlg517, 10 char: Mlghcrbtgh

Referred to as Sliabh cCarbatach in the Annals of the Four Masters (entry for 1567 AD). The element carb/carbad is found in a number of Irish place-names. Although carpat can mean a chariot in Old Irish, many of the places in question have boulders and   Mullaghcarbatagh is the 422nd highest summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mullaghcarbatagh in area Sperrin Mountains, Ireland
Picture: north cairn of Mullaghcarbatagh		  
by gerrym  16 Sep 2006 Climbed 6.3.05. Mullaghcarbatagh, despite its lack of height in comparison to the surrounding hills has always been one of my favourite tops in the Sperrins. It's Irish name meaning boulder strewn summit is very appropriate and it has perhaps more visible rock than any other summit in the range. I approached from the N side, coming off the B48 and travelling up through the picturesque Butterlope Glen, after hairpin bend keep left and park at a layby opposite a bog road (495945 (Point A)). I followed the bog road uphill, very wet in places as pass long abandoned peat cuttings. There was an unseasonal heat haze and plenty of midges, giving the false impression of summer months. There was some difficult groung to negoiate here as headed E over thick and deep heather towards the tops of conifers hidden by a rise. Pick up a fenceline here which rounds a rocky putcrop and skirts the conifer plantation to go straight to the N cairn of Mullaghcarbatagh. Th eground is much easier here as pass large fence posts wearing black bin lids as hats. As climb the ground becomes rockier by Sperrin standards and there are good views N & W, beyond the wind turbines turning lazily atop Bessy Bell - to Inishowen and the unique profile of Muckish in Donegal. The N cairn is reached in just under one hour and is quite substancial, with a cross. The summit cairn is ten minutes away to the SW over a number of rocky rises. This is one of the most perfectly shaped cairns i have had the pleasure to look at and i sat here for lunch with only the sound of the breeze and the croak of ravens to accompany me. It was a beautiful day with the surrounding countryside laid out in a patchwork of light and shade. Being at the western end of the Sperrins there are great views out towards Donegal and in particular to the high ridge which makes up the core of the Bluestacks. There is also a good perspective on the rest of the Sperrins along the line of the Glenelly Valley. From here there are good options for continuing E to Mullaghclogher, Mullaghasturreekin and Mullaghclogha. This would also be a start/finish point for a traverse of the central Sperrins to Oughtmore over 20km away - no i haven't done it yet, but will do some long summer day in the not too distant future.
Point A: H495 945
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mullaghcarbatagh in area Sperrin Mountains, Ireland
Picture: view south from just below summit of mullaghcarbatagh
by mcna  27 Jan 2007 From the summit of Mullaghclogher I followed the fence to the summit of Mullaghcarbatagh. The col is wet and boggy and the mist enveloped us. It was tough going with the gusting wind. Just before the summit there is tremendously steep ground littered with boulders and stones. Thankfully it is short! Although it was beautiful it was slippy and wet underfoot. Great care required here. When we reached the aforementioned perfectly formed summit cairn the mist rolled away and we had a glimpse at some of the wonderful views. I have so many photographs; I didn’t know which one to use! You could clearly see the ridges to the south, the Plumbridge communications mast. The wind far north of Plumbridge, the strule/foyle river and just before the cloud closed in again I think I saw Moor Lough in the north east. We didn’t go over to the northern cairn as we were exhausted walking against the wind. The cloud was low so views were not far reaching. We dropped off the summit, following the fence line along the ridge. We could see the track and road which we would be joining later. We passed the forest and made our way to the summit of craigacorm (GR515933 (Point B)) and turned east, still following the fence. This took us to the junction of the track and road. We crossed the gate and walked down to the road junction with the Glenelly road (GR507214 (Point C)). We then walked east back to the car park. The walk down was pleasant enough, the wind had subsided, and the cloud had settled over the two summits we had been on. A total journey time for Mullaghclogher and Mullaghcarbatagh, of 5hrs 30mins, including breaks and time spent searching for Fr. Devine’s Well!. Great walk, great scenery and an overall great day out!
Point B: R515 933 Point C: R507 214
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mullaghcarbatagh in area Sperrin Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Mullaghcarbatagh's 'perfect' summit cairn		  
by eflanaga  1 Jun 2006 Climbed October 7th 2005 – Good to see that this mountain has now been included in the Sperrins list. The mountain was the first I climbed in a 30K circuit that was also to take in Mullaghclogher, Mullaghasturakeen & Mullaghclocha and a few other minor hills. I parked at the car park near Drumnaspar Bridge. From here I turned left passing the bridge and taking the first right turn onto the Castledamph Road. The road rather steeply wends its way up hill. Eventually levels out and turns east. About 260m further on IH524 921 (Point D) there is a track/lane (clearly shown on map) on the left which runs up along Glensass Burn ending at the foot of Mullaghcarbatagh. At end of track it’s just a case of picking a line of least resistance up to the summit. Ground (at time of walk) was relatively firm although reeds at base of hill suggest going may be much softer in wetter weather. There are numerous sheep tracks which can be availed off as you ascend. As is common with many mountains the ground becomes rockier the nearer you are to the summit. It is humbling to realise that these (Dalradian ) rocks were formed between 610 and 595 million years ago. Hard to get your head around that! The climb from the track is relatively easy and the reward at the summit is a perfectly formed cairn and some excellent views. There is a second cairn about 12 minutes to the north-west accessed by climbing a fence a few metres below the first summit and negotiation of a number of dips and heights and somewhat marshy ground in places. The second cairn is not as well formed as the first but has an iron cross upon it, as well as a tattered Tyrone GAA flag hanging on by its last few threads. Disappointingly, there was a fair bit of rubbish around this cairn. Some people had stuffed empty plastic bottles between the gaps on the cairn and a few metres away I found the remains of a number of ‘rockets’ and their packaging strewn across the hill. I gathered as much as I could and retraced my steps back to the first cairn. From here I set my sights due east and the short drop and subsequent ascent to Mullaghclogher.
Point D: H524 921
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by thisbliss  14 Sep 2008 Climbed this on 13-09-08, possibly the best day of the last 3 months, meaning it was fairly soggy going! Parked up a small road in the area of Eden Back, just to east of Glensass Burn (H517932 (Point E)). From here the summit is almost due north. A rough track extends after the road ends but is best veering off this after a while as there is plenty of swampy reedy parts on the way up. The climb takes about a half hour if even and is rewarded with a well built cairn at the top which someone has taken the time to get right. More importantly was well impressed with the view. Was great visibility, could make out the scree runs on Errigal, inishowen mtns, binevenagh, benbradagh, mullaghcarn, bessy bell, cuilcagh (which i was most impressed with as id never picked a clear enough day before to see it from the sperrins) and bluestacks.
Just below the summit was a flat area where fires had been lit and looked like a good spot for camping. Also quad tracks led away from here towards the forest on the west side of the mtn. Would probably approach from this way if climbing here again as the western slope appeared easier going. Would probably take the Bradkeel road and follow the forest track as far as possible.
Point E: H517 932
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