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Soarns Hill: Forested summit

Summit Comment slemish 4 hours 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 4 hours 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 17 hours ago
Thank you kevin carroll. If I can put a smile on that contrary face, the Matterhorn should be a cakewalk.

Re Main Area Display, logging

Forum: Suggestions simon3 a day 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 a day ago
This varied route explores the two Ardnageers, Croaghbane, C walk, Length:21.0km, Climb: 999m, Area: Ardnageer SW Top, Bluestack Mountains (Ireland)

Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a day 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...

Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a day 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 2 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

A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"?

Forum: General Conor74 20 hours 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...

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...

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...
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Knockbane Hill An Cnoc Bán A name in Irish
(prob. Ir. An Cnoc Bán [PDT], 'white or grassy hill') Tipperary County In Carn List

Height: 433m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 66 Grid Reference: R94259 52539 This summit has been logged as climbed by 9 members
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Longitude: -8.085459, Latitude: 52.624478 Prominence: 158m,   Isolation: 1.6km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 594213 652586,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knckbn, 10 char: Knockbane

A cairn at the summit is named Laghtseefin, probably from Ir. Leacht Suí Finn, 'burial monument of Fionn's seat').   Knockbane is the 681st highest summit in Ireland.
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A restricted view of the Galtys with rising forests
Short Summary created by jackill  16 Jan 2013 After a sharp bend park at a field gate(1 car only) at R94525 53427 (Point A).
Go over the gate and immediately right up an old disused forestry entrance.After a few hundred meters you will reach a new forest track, turn right and follow this to R94565 52881 (Point B), a crossroads, directly ahead look for a firebreak which will bring you to to R94538 52826 (Point C).
Turn right along an overgrown but passable track to R94603 52698 (Point D) and then up a rough ride covered in sedge grass.
As the ground flattens out towards the top of the hill go left , skirting pools and rough ground to the summit trig pillar atop a mossy cairn.
The views are restricted due to forresty however the Galty and Slievenamuck ridges to the south are worth seeing from this viewpoint.
Point A: R94525 53427 Point B: R94565 52881 Point C: R94538 52826
Point D: R94603 52698

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockbane in area Shannon, Ireland
Picture: The Mysterious Object		  
Roger, roger.
by madfrankie  8 Mar 2011 Whilst visiting Knockbane last weekend, this otherwise mundane summit did have an item of interest: at the base of the trig pillar was a small metal marker with the inscription "EI/G4WSB/P".
A quick google revealed this to be part of a project called Summits To The Air Database, a programme that encourages radio amateurs who enjoy hill walking to take their radios with them and operate them from mountain tops (see http://www.sota.org.uk).
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockbane in area Shannon, Ireland
Picture: Tree and Trig
by jackill  3 Feb 2009 Hopping the gate in front of my car at R94525 53427 I turned right up an old disused forestry entrance where I was confronted with the dirty side of old Ireland , abandoned rubbish and a wrecked car. I hit a new forest track and followed this to R94565 52881 , a crossroads and then scooted up a firebreak to R94538 52826, turned right along an overgrown but passable track to R94603 52698 and then up a rough gap covered in sedge grass to the summit trig pillar atop a mossy cairn. The day wasn’t the best at this stage so no views to speak of, only the promise of the fault scalp of Slievenamuck and the towering Galtys beyond Aherlow that would fill the southern horizon on a clear day
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