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Cooley/Gullion Area Slieve Gullion Subarea

Maximum height for area: 589 metres, Summits in area: 13, Maximum prominence for area: 494 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 28, 29 For all tops Highest summit:

Slieve Foye, 589m

Summits in area Cooley/Gullion:
Cooley Mountains:

Anglesey Mountain 428m

Carnavaddy 475m

Clermont 444m

Clermont Carn 510m

Clermont Carn NE Top 448m

Slieve Foye 589m

The Foxes Rock 404m

The Ravens Rock 457m
Slieve Gullion:

Camlough Mountain 423m

Tievecrom Hill An Taobh Crom A name in Irish
(Ir. An Taobh Crom [OSNB], 'the crooked (hill-)side') Armagh County In Binnion List

Height: 264m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 29 Grid Reference: J02386 15356 This summit has been logged as climbed by 22 members
I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)

Longitude: -6.436558, Latitude: 54.077218 Prominence: 172m, Isolation: 2.4km
ITM: 702311 815363, GPS IDs, 6 char: Tvcrm, 10 char: Tievecrom

This peak offers a fine view north to Slieve Gullion and its satellites, and south to County Louth, but access is difficult due to dense undergrowth. A group of stones beside the triangulation pillar on the summit may be the Bohil Breaga of Tiffcrum (i Tievecrom is the 996th highest summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Tievecrom in area Cooley/Gullion, Ireland

Picture: On reaching the edge of the forest head for the lone green tree

Do it Now or Be Damned!

by Trailtrekker 19 Apr 2012 Reading through the other comments on this hill you would be forgiven for having a feeling of trepidation about tackling it! Indeed most who have stumbled around its lower slopes in the dark while completing the 100k Oxfam Trailtrekker will have cursed this sometimes unwelcoming hill as well. It is one that I had been on a few times before, but had never made an attempt on it’s summit until now. Bolstered by three5four0’s encouraging comments, which I took with me, I made my attempt on the summit.

Having concerns about access from the Forkhill House side, I choose to approach the hill from the North. Kitted in old jeans, gaiters and a big stick, I parked up in Forkhill village. This is no hill to tear good walking trousers on and no area to be seen walking around with fancy walking poles! I walked the short distance out the B113 to J01867 16048 (Point A), where there is a lane leading up to the hill just before a small bungalow, I followed the track up into the forest. While you are on the hill it is worth taking the short detour onto the unnamed summit that stands at 188, just west of Tievecrom. There are the remnants of the old watchtower that used to watch over this once very troubled area, now claimed by a ragged Armagh flag that looks like its been up there since 2002. The smaller hill is easy to access from the wall along the forest.

I made for J022 151 (Point B) and struck uphill, soon finding the wall three5four0 had mentioned, the corner of it and indeed some grassy slopes. I tackled this on a perfectly dry day and found the ground underfoot to be good. As I saw the edge of the forest coming near I stopped suddenly on hearing voices! If there was one hill where I had expected to be alone, it was this one. I came to edge of the forest at J02352 15267 (Point C), there was no sign of an unsteady tree, but what was in front of me were a young couple, happily sliding down through the ferns in their tracksuits and with their dogs. Not MVers, but locals who visited the summit regularly. I asked their advice and they told me to head for the lone green tree sticking out of the rocks. The route between the edge of the forest and this tree was the only part of my walk that involved ferns, bracken or brambles and were fine to negotiate, they may not be so when summer growth kicks in. From the tree you scramble on to the rocks and it is five minutes to summit, watching out for some slippy underfoot conditions in areas where a thin coating of moss lay over rocks.

From the summit I retraced my steps to point J022 151 (Point B), from here I decided to follow the track back towards the lane along side Forkhill House, out on to the Captains Road, heading west to cross the Kilcurry Road and join the Gullion Way at J01854 14827 (Point D). This is a lovely walk which will bring you back into Forkhill. Anyone who follows this route should also take another detour and take in the beautiful old Urney Graveyard. For me I left the car where it was and walked up the road to Crosslieve.

Point A: J01867 16048	Point B: J022 151	Point C: J02352 15267
Point D: J01854 14827

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