Croghan Hill 234m hill, North Midlands Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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North Midlands Area

Place count in area: 33, OSI/LPS Maps: 24, 25, 26, 27, 27A, 28, 28A, 28B, 31, 32
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Cornasaus, 339m
Maximum height for area: 339 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 238 metres,

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Croghan Hill Hill Cnoc Cruacháin A name in Irish
also Brí Éile an extra name in Irish
(Ir. Cnoc Cruacháin [logainm.ie], 'hill of the little stack') Offaly County, in Binnion List, Volcaniclastic agglomerate Bedrock

Height: 234m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 48 Grid Reference: N48105 33113
Place visited by 64 members. Recently by: briankelly, abcd, finkey86, eeimly, ciaranr, TommyMc, Dbosonnet, ladyhawke1003, DeltaP, TommyV, markwallace, EdAl, Glanman2, Garmin, conormcbandon
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Longitude: -7.278472, Latitude: 53.346295 , Easting: 248105, Northing: 233113 Prominence: 159m, Isolation: 25.7km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 648043 733139, GPS IDs, 6 char: Crg234, 10 char: CrghnHi234
Bedrock type: Volcaniclastic agglomerate, (Agglomerate)

Brí Éile, '(fortified) hill of Éile', is the earlier Irish name of this hill. Éile (Ely) is a large territory covering parts of Offaly and Tipperary. Bearnán Éile (Devilsbit Mountain) is at the other end of it. The Hill of Croghan is the remains of an old volcano. A bog body, known as 'Old Croaghan Man', was found in the vicinity in 2003. Croghan Hill is the 1320th highest place in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croghan Hill in area North Midlands, Ireland

Picture: The ruined Trig Pillar.

Trig Pillar demolished by vandals

by TommyMc 4 Feb 2019

The trig pillar on the summit of Croghan Hill has recently been all but demolished by what seems to be an act of wilful and destructive vandalism. The remains of a large burned-out tyre now sit alongside the ruins of the trig pillar. It's hard to understand the mentality of whoever did this.

Apart from that, the circa 650m gentle walk up from the community centre is as idyllic as ever. I was chaperoned the entire distance up by two large but remarkably enthusiastic and friendly black dogs. The old graveyard to the east is worth a detour. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1017/comment/20398/

Croghan Hill is in County Offaly and is climbed b .. by Audi-Anne (Show all for Croghan Hill)

		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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