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Experimental track of a trip to Keeper Hill and 2 nearby summits.

Track 2171 simon3 a day ago
This may not be at all an optimum route. walk, Length:20.8km, Climb: 859m, Area: Knockfune, Shannon (Ireland) Knockfune, Knockane, Keeper Hill

Thank you MV

Forum: General ahendroff a day ago
At 5.42pm today I completed my 404th and final Arderin. Long journey to here. Delighted & overjoyed. Humbled at the challenge also. And thanks Mountain Views for that. Gougane Barra will always be...

Varied, strenuous wild Bluestacks walk.

Track 2209 simon3 3 days ago
This varied route explores the two Ardnageers, Croaghbane, C walk, Length:21.0km, Climb: 999m, Area: Ardnageer SW Top, Bluestack Mountains (Ireland)

Soarns Hill: Forested summit

Summit Comment slemish a day ago
Getting to the summit of Soarns Hill is difficult and the extensive forestry means that views are severely limited. But as it qualifies under MV prominence rules, off I went to climb it. I parked ...

Soarns Hill: Local summit visit

Summit Comment Harry Goodman a day ago
Climbed Soarns Hill to-day as one of the 100 listed hills nearest to my home. I used three5four0's very helpful route description. The following additional information may be useful. The second...

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Forum: General BleckCra 2 days ago
Thank you kevin carroll. If I can put a smile on that contrary face, the Matterhorn should be a cakewalk.

A circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills

Track 2206 mcrtchly 4 days 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

Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 3 days 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...

Re Main Area Display, logging

Forum: Suggestions simon3 2 days 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...

Walks Around Port 2

Track 2197 gerrym 5 days ago
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland)

Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 3 days 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 Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"?

Forum: General Conor74 2 days 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...
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Barnes Top Hill Derry County In Carn List

Height: 456m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 13 Grid Reference: H63800 99900 This summit has been logged as climbed by 18 members
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Longitude: -7.007723, Latitude: 54.842801 Prominence: 78m,   Isolation: 1.3km
ITM: 663735 899889,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BrnsTp, 10 char: Barnes Top

Also referred to as Barness in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs.   Barnes Top is the 604th highest summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Barnes Top in area Sperrin Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Walker on Barnes Top making for Knockanbane Mountain 		 
by Harry Goodman  30 Mar 2010 I climbed Barnes Top on 23 March 2010 as part of a round that included Mullaghash and Knockanbane Mountain (see also my comments on Mullaghash and Knockanbane Mt. for the start and finishof the route). After Mullaghash we climbed up from the coll below Barnes Top C642011 (Point A) along the fence going S with a touch of E. (For someone wishing to only climb Barnes Top I suggest that the route mentioned at the end of my comments on Mullaghash is used in reverse. ) The going was mostly over heather and tusocky clumps of grass for 1.2k to a fence junction near the top. On the way up we were surprised to find quite a large patch of snow still lingering on the hillside. Once at the fence junction a right and shortly after a left turn took us to the summit H638999 (Point B). As ever one could speculate as to whether or not this was really the top or was it a clump of heather across the fence or elsewhere on the flat but bumpy summit area. From Barnes Top the view N to Mullaghash shows it to be a much more imposing hill than its modest height suggests. From the top we followed the fence NW for about 800 metres with only a shallow dip and climb up to the top of Knockanbane Mt. I enjoyed climbing this hill as part of a round including two other tops but would suggest that it is unlikely to be climbed by many walkers, even peak baggers, for its own sake. The view of Sawel SW across the valley dominates the skyline .
Point A: C642 011 Point B: H638 999
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by thisbliss  14 Sep 2007 Started off at Glashagh Bridge (H 636 990 (Point C)) Going is fair enough, a few sheughs to negotiate here and there on the way up but sheep have vegatation well kept down for most part until you reach the heathered top and the road disappears from behind. Then its not too far to summit marked naturally by a piece of raised bog. Good view of sawel and surrounding central sperrins with benbradagh to the north and derryveagh mountains to northwest. Is a pleasant enough climb taking less than an hour for the round trip.
Point C: H636 990
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Barnes Top in area Sperrin Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Barnes Top (note the tree, this is what you aim for)
by pquinn572  21 Dec 2009 I climbed Barnes Top yesterday, Saturday the 19th of December. I did so in the company of the West Tyrone Ramblers as we climbed high into the Sperrins on a cold winters morning. We started the walk 3 miles outside Park on the road to Feeny (B44) at an old public house, Labelled on OS map. It is 300m up the road from Ballydonegan sweat house which is signposted. We parked here and headed down the road to the small cottage and the signpost for the sweat house. We followed a lane around the right hand side of the house and then turned left on another lane leading down to a river. There is a wooden bridge crossing the river which leads to the sweat house however do not cross it but continue up the lane. After 500m or so you pass some outbuildings on your right, rounding a gate you continue on the track which gradually begins to turn to the left. Then you come to a river, cross it and continue on the path up the hill. You then cross the river again before reaching an iron gate, go through it and continue along the path. Here the path is quite cut up and wet so walking on the bank is the best. You then reach another gate, this time a wooden one go through it, then continue. At this stage the path begins to peter out. At this stage you will notice something sticking up high on the mountain on your right. It appears like a standing stone but is infact a tree. You then begin the climb up the heather to this tree and on up past it until you reach a fence. By this stage you will be ready for a break as the climb up the heather is tiresome. Here you can enjoy great views of Sawel and the surroundings Sperrins. This however is not the true top so you follow the fence line across to the east (watch out for the pools) to reach the top of Barnes Top. There is nothing marking the top of the mountain however a raised piece of appears to be the highest point. I descended via the same route.
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