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South Midlands Area Walsh Mountains Subarea

Maximum height for area: 721 metres, Summits in area: 11, Maximum prominence for area: 711 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 60, 61, 67, 68, 75, 76 For all tops Highest summit:

Slievenamon, 721m

Summits in area South Midlands:

Mount Alto 276m

Tory Hill 292m
Brandon Hill:

Brandon Hill 515m

Coppanagh 365m
Slieveardagh:

Clomantagh Hill 349m

Knocknamuck 340m
Slievemargy:

Clogrennan Hill 336m

Cullenagh Mountain 317m
Slievenamon:

Knockahunna 502m

Slievenamon 721m
Walsh Mountains:

Carricktriss Gorse 314m

Carricktriss Gorse Hill Kilkenny County In Binnion List

Height: 314m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 75 Grid Reference: S48312 29103 This summit has been logged as climbed by 9 members
I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)

Longitude: -7.290748, Latitude: 52.411754 Prominence: 169m, Isolation: 13.2km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 648252 629152, GPS IDs, 6 char: CrckGr, 10 char: CrcktrsGrs

Located in the townland of Mullenbeg. Carricktriss Gorse is the highest point in the Walsh Mountains. It is unusual that the element Gorse has been added to this name, but the most likely explanation is the simple one: gorse is abundant on this hill a Carricktriss Gorse is the 948th highest summit in Ireland. Carricktriss Gorse is the second most southerly summit in the South Midlands area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carricktriss Gorse in area South Midlands, Ireland

Picture: West over fields to the Comeraghs and Slievenamon

Simple to walk up with a unique view to the west

Short Summary created by jackill, wicklore 3 Aug 2012 Park at the forest entrance at S48150 28150 (Point A) next to a house on your right.
Watch out for the dogs from this house,(they were fenced in when I was here but that was at 7:30 am), as they strike me as a potential hazard waiting to happen.
Walk uphill on a wide forest track ignoring the first turn to the right , this will see you in a large turning circle after approximately 1 km.On the left side of this turning circle you will see a gap in the trees and a rough track leading uphill from it. A short distance up this track cross into the open field to your left and continue uphill to the forest corner. Cross the wire fence and going uphill through the conifers will see you at the trig pillar in 2/3 minutes. Instead of crossing into the field you can also continue along the forest track here and find your way to the summit by taking the second trail into the trees at S48324 28940 (Point B). The trig pillar is situated in a small clearing in the coniferous forest, where a few silver birch trees also flourish. There are no views at the summit itself due to the surrounding trees.

Point A: S48150 28150

Point B: S48324 28940

Comment Rating (3.00) Trackback: http://mountainviews.ie/summit/941/comment/5700/

Well now an unusual name for a small hill. The bi .. by jackill (Show all for Carricktriss Gorse)

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