Croghan Hill, Cnoc Cruacháin 234m hill, South East Midlands N: Croghan Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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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,

Places in area South East Midlands:
E: Barrow:

Clogrennan Hill 336m

Newtown Hill 208m
N Cen: Timahoe Hills:

Ballaghmore Hill 268m

Cullenagh Mountain 317m

Fossy Mountain 332m

Hewson Hill 261m
N: Croghan:

Croghan Hill 234m
N: Newbridge Hills:

Dunmurry Hill 233m

Hill of Allen 219m
S: Mullinavat:

Coolnahau Hill 265m

Corbally Hill 285m

Mount Alto 276m

Tory Hill 292m
S: Slievenamon:

Knockahunna 502.8m

Sheegouna 553.5m

Slievenamon 720.2m

Slievenamon North-West Top 564m
S: Windgap:

Carricktriss Gorse 314m

Carrigadoon Hill 296.9m

Faranaree Hill 283m
SE: Brandon Hill:

Brandon Hill 515m

Coppanagh 365m

Croghan 365m
W Cen: Durrow:

Ballynalacken Hill 314m

Caponellan Hill 253m

Knockmannon Hill 315m
W Cen: Slieveardagh:

Clomantagh Hill 349m

Knocknamuck 340m

Monabrogue 284m
W: Horse & Jockey:

Kill Hill 241m

Killough 235m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

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.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1017/

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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/

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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