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Maximum height for area: 358 metres Summits in area: 6
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Cashel Hill Hill Galway County
Cnoc an Chaisil A name in Irish (Language)
(Ir. Cnoc an Chaisil [OSI], 'hill of an Caiseal or the stone ring-fort')
Height: 311 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 44 for top
Grid Ref: L80000 43600 Latitude: 53.429045 Longitude: -9.806098
ITM: 479976 743623 Prominence: 285m   Isolation: 6.4km
Rating graphic. Cashel / An Caiseal is the name of a settlement south of the hill, and also a townland. The townland is named from the earth- and stone-banked 'ringfort' or cashel surrounding the old cemetery in Caiseal Ard / High Cashel. This is probably an Early
Cashel Hill is the 954th highest summit in Ireland. Cashel Hill is the second most westerly summit in the South Connemara area. Our data has reached 31% of the goal for this summit. (Details)
   
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Cashel Hill in area South Connemara, County Galway, Ireland
Picture: Cashel Hill trig with Derryclare in the background. Expand pics.		  
Fantastic views.
by paddyhillsbagger  9 Jan 2012 A pleasant little top with rewarding views of the Twelve Bens from the summit. Well worth a visit if you have a spare hour and still some oomph in your legs for a short steep climb. Fantastic views to seaward too. Just follow route described by vanczyz and you can't go wrong.
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by fkaatje  14 Jan 2012 Cashel Hill is a nice short hill walk. Easy access and excellent views. Can easily be done in 2 hours. For a full day in the hills consider combining it with one of the other great viewpoints in this area. Errisbeg and Cnoc Mordain are both under 20 minutes by car.

I found a detailed description of the walk at http://www.roundstone-connemara.com/Roundstone-Walking-Courtesy-of-the-Roundstone-House-Hotel/Cashel-Hill-Walk.html. I left my GPS track at http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=fkaatje.
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Access info.
by vanczyz  6 Jul 2010 Access is really easy. On the left hand side of the church behind the gate there is a nice easy road that takes you up to the old cemetery. You might leave your bicycle at the start or take it with you to the end of this road. This walk on foot takes 10/15 minutes. From the cemetery to the hill, the way is also easy. It is unmarked, but this is not a problem, as there is no other hill around ;). After maybe 30 minutes you can reach the top. I've just come back from there. Really nice views: Twelve Pins, Maumturk Mnts and south Connemara.
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Access info?
by jkforde  27 Jun 2010 Could someone post info on the access to Cashel Hill - thanks, it'd be a nice reason to get off the bike on a loop of Cashel
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23 Nov 2010
by jkforde  26 Nov 2010 Went up Cashel Hill on last Tuesday 23rd Nov, what a view - 311m is a perfect easy vantage in the middle of Connemara on a crisp crystal clear winter day! FYI, if you don't want to walk the whole way to the cemetery, you can head left at the ruins of a old house in some trees, about half way to the cemetery, only one fence to cross to the top.
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Access info map
by jkforde  6 Jul 2010 Great thanks. OSI map here: http://short.ie/7qdv34
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