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Track 1959 simon3 9 hours ago
Starting from the forest entrance to the south this track sh walk, Length:5.6km, Climb: 213m, Area: Ballincurra Hill, Shannon (Ireland) Ballincurra H

Simple way up from the SW.

Track 1958 simon3 9 hours ago
Park near the start off the road which was retarred in 2012. walk, Length:2.8km, Climb: 152m, Area: Knockadigeen Hill, Shannon (Ireland) Knockadigeen

Silvermine Mountains Far E Top: Trivial ascent, some views, gateway to wooded Ea

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Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3, jackill 10 hours ago
Park in the carpark at R84440 69415 (388 mtrs), cross the road and head uphill and east for about 200 meters, the summit is at a track junction.

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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

Slievetooey Far W Top Hill Sliabh Tuaidh Far W Top A name in Irish
For origin of name, see Sliabh Tuaidh. Donegal County In Carn List

Height: 460m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 10 Grid Reference: G59300 90400 This summit has been logged as climbed by 23 members
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Longitude: -8.632985, Latitude: 54.759868 Prominence: 55m, Isolation: 2.5km
ITM: 559258 890391, GPS IDs, 6 char: Slb460, 10 char: SlbhTdhFrW

Sliabh Tuaidh Far W Top is the 583rd highest summit in Ireland. Sliabh Tuaidh Far W Top is the second most northerly summit in the Donegal SW area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Sliabh Tuaidh Far W Top in area Donegal SW, Ireland

Picture: northern cliffs

by gerrym 6 Jun 2009 There is no doubt that to fully appreciate this hill an approach must be made from the western seaboard, where ground falls precipitously over 1000ft to a battered Atlantic coast. I started from Glencolumbkille - giving a walk to the top of 15km and 4.25 hours along some of the most spectacular scenery in the country. Parking at 526874 (Point A), beside a slipway to the tidal reaches of the Merlin river.

A short road walk brings a track uphill to a signal tower at 222m (all part of a waymarked loop walk). The stunning views are turned up here and the dial can only go higher. A filmsy fence separates the 200m drop as walk along the clifftop to the dramatically jagged height of Sturrall. Walk along lower cliffs to the little harbour at Port (548890 (Point B)), surrounded by hills and striking seastacks. Could also start from here as there is ample parking.

Climb up from sea level to cliffs over 200m again on Port Hill before dropping steeply down to the Glenlough river (572910 (Point C)) - above one of the most dramatic storm beaches you are ever likely to see. Now the climb is really on as gain sight of the line of high cliffs where Sliabh Tuaidh meets the Atlantic and spawns a myriad of different sized and shaped seastacks. Continued height gain brought me to a point where the GPS read 365m to the water below. Rising air created mist near the top of the cliffs and hugged the ground at the top before disappearing. In this period of murk the seastacks took on an other worldly appearance and shafts of light created biblical areas of golden calm out to sea.
Head S for the top as the ground starts to drop along the coast towards Gull Island, looking across to Lough Anaffrin nestling below steep slopes. The top is quite stoney and has a number of small cairns. Views extend back along the coast already walked and north along coast to come, the height of Errigal and the Derryveagh mtns and the Bluestacks, south over Donegal Bay to the sharp line of Benbulben and the low line of the Ox mtns.

This was part of a 2 day walk and i camped beside the summit cairn but there is plenty of scope for different options to explore this hill and surrounding coast. (A fuller description will appear in the walks section).

Point A: G526 874

Point B: G548 890

Point C: G572 910

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