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Donegal SW Area

Maximum height for area: 595 metres, Summits in area: 16, Maximum prominence for area: 470 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 10 For all tops Highest summit:

Slieve League, 595m

Summits in area Donegal SW:

Cró na Roda SW Top 471m

Mulmosog Mountain 351m

Sliabh Tuaidh 511m

Sliabh Tuaidh Far W Top 460m

Sliabh Tuaidh W Top 472m

Slieve League 595m

Crownarad Hill Cró na Roda A name in Irish
(Ir. Cruach na Rad [logainm.ie], 'stack of the [obscure element]) Donegal County In Carn List

Height: 493m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 10 Grid Reference: G67700 78700 This summit has been logged as climbed by 17 members
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Longitude: -8.501215, Latitude: 54.655383 Prominence: 208m, Isolation: 1.4km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 567656 878693, GPS IDs, 6 char: CrnRd, 10 char: CrnRd

There is a nearby townland in the civil parish of Kilcar named Crowanrudda , which looks like a variant form of the name of this hill. However, the townland name is interpreted at logainm.ie as Ir. Cró na Roda, 'round valley of the red iron scum'. Cró na Roda is the 482nd highest summit in Ireland.
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COMMENTS for Cró na Roda of 1

by three5four0 22 Apr 2009 With another fine weekend promised by the weather forecasters , we drove to Donegal for a couple of days walking. The first days walk was to be the Crownard, & we parked in the car-park at Fintragh Bay, 684764 (Point A).

From the car park walk back up hill to the R263 & walk a short distance along this road towards Killybegs. Turn left at the first minor junction with the R263, walk up hill and at the next junction turn right. Follow this road a short way and then turn left at up a track at 690774 (Point B), follow this track up hill with views of Fintragh Bay opening up behind. Ignore a right fork at Ballyara and keep climbing up hill till 683792 (Point C). From here follow a spurr up hill to the ridge and Crownarad's summit trig point.

From here an easy ridge walk leads you to Cro na Roda SW Top, passing a large metal post on the way. A fine lunch spot with great views in every direction, even the wind-farm on Balbane Hill looked good in the sun. Recent tree felled areas on Mulnanaff showed forestry tracks right up onto SW ridge. This track and the Wind-Farm track up to the west of Balbane would enable a circuit to be completed of these hills from Glenaddragh rather than the softer starts from the west.

Descent was by the way of ascent, giving you the option to included Croaghacullin, as we did, in your days hike. The route is fairly straight forward, with a couple of fences to cross and several ring contours to go over or round before the summit. Even going onto Pt 394 is worth while, if you have the time, for the different perspective its views afford.

Point A: G684 764

Point B: G690 774

Point C: G683 792

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