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South East Midlands Area   N: Croghan Subarea
Place count in area: 31, OSI/LPS Maps: 28A, 28B, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60 
Highest place:
Slievenamon, 720.2m
Maximum height for area: 720.2 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 711 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 Leinster Province, in Binnion List, Volcaniclastic agglomerate Bedrock

Height: 234m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 48 Grid Reference: N48105 33113
Place visited by 78 members. Recently by: Oscar-mckinney, Carolyn105, Jai-mckinney, flynnke, FoxyxxxLoxy, Gus, ewen, ei7kh, Bunsen7, tonibm, MargaretFranklin, Lauranna, High-King, monisr, briankelly
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Longitude: -7.278457, Latitude: 53.346313 , Easting: 248105, Northing: 233113 Prominence: 159m,  Isolation: 24.8km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 648044 733141,   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 1325th highest place in Ireland. Croghan Hill is the most northerly summit in the South East Midlands area.

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A pleasant treat. .. by TommyV   (Show all for Croghan Hill (Cnoc Cruacháin))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croghan Hill (<i>Cnoc Cruacháin</i>) in area South East 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/
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Croghan Hill is in County Offaly and is climbed b .. by Audi-Anne   (Show all for Croghan Hill (Cnoc Cruacháin))
 
Isolated Gem .. by eamonoc   (Show all for Croghan Hill (Cnoc Cruacháin))
 
location assistance .. by ladyhawke1003   (Show all for Croghan Hill (Cnoc Cruacháin))
 
Broken Trig Pillar to be replaced .. by TommyMc   (Show all for Croghan Hill (Cnoc Cruacháin))
 
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