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GR 92: Estartit to l'Escala

Track 5305 BrianKennan 11 hours ago
walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 295m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Meikle Bin: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Cort Ma Law East Top i headed north east over wet tusocky ground to the edge of the forest south of Meikle Bin. At the lowest point just west of Black Hill i entered the forest. A wet an...

GR 92: Roses to Cadaques

Track 5304 BrianKennan 11 hours ago
walk, Len: 22.3km, Climb: 690m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Cort-ma Law East Top: Do not climb in the rain !

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Ricket Hill headed south over boggy ground. Luckily the difficult middle section which was very wet was mangeable and i did not have Jackills difficulties. The trig pillar for Cort ma La...

GR 92: Cadaques to Port de la Selva

Track 5303 BrianKennan 11 hours ago
walk, Len: 22.5km, Climb: 740m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Lecket Hill: Short trek to summit of around 2 Km from Crow road

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
Parked to the left on crow road and followed track up hill over boggy ground. thankfully it was dry for a week beforehand so the track was easy enough. Nice views from summit of both Meikle b...

GR 92: Torroella de Montgri to Begur

Track 5302 BrianKennan 11 hours ago
walk, Len: 29.0km, Climb: 405m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Great Knock: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Bron Knoe head to the gate quite close below. Go through and pick up rough track this leads down before a final short sharp climb up to summit marked by some stones. Extensive views of h...

Little Bin: Tough little climb

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
Looking down on this from Meilke Bin it looked easy but it was not at all. I went north of Meikle bin and than followed the path which lead between Meile Bin and Little Bin. At the lowest poi...

Brown Knowe: Straight forward track to the summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Broad Law East top go through gate and follow quad bike tracks down hill parallel to the wall and fence. A short veer off to the west just before the fence in front leads to the top mark...

Costa Brava: Estartit to Torroella de Montgri

Track 5301 BrianKennan 11 hours ago
walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 377m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Silvermines Hydro Project

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Iveragh NW Area   SW: Skelligs Subarea
Place count in area: 18, OSI/LPS Maps: 83, 84 
Highest place: Knocknadobar, 690m
Maximum height for area: 690 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 565 metres,

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Skellig Michael Hill Sceilg Mhichíl A name in Irish, also Great Skellig an extra name in English (Ir. Sceilg Mhichíl [logainm.ie], 'rock of St. Michael') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Binnion, Irish Islands Lists, Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone Bedrock

Reachable "On Foot " Y
Height: 217m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 83X Grid Reference: V24600 60600
Place visited by 58 members. Recently by: Lauranna, Emiliamain, maoris, daitho9, Wes, tsheehy, Moses, trevorf, JohnAshton, liz50, mrmikelennon, jimmytherabbit, jgfitz, finkey86, Aglaisio
Island visited by 101 members.
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Longitude: -10.541804, Latitude: 51.770775 , Easting: 24600, Northing: 60600 Prominence: 217m,  Isolation: 2.5km
ITM: 424588 560664,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SklgMc, 10 char: SklgMchl
Bedrock type: Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone, (Old Red Sandstone (undifferentiated))

The highest point on the island is known as Cró na Snáthaide, 'eye of the needle', and was visited by pilgrims who kissed a cross-inscribed slab overhanging the abyss. This fell into the sea at some time during the 19th century. As access to the summit is now forbidden to protect the site, a visit to the monastery will count as an ascent of this peak. The word sceilg is probably an early alternative form of speilic, both derived from Latin spelunca, ‘cave, den’, a word sometimes applied to hermit’s dwellings. The change sp- > sc- probably occurred in the early Christian period when Irish had no native words with p, cf. Ir. Cáisc, ‘Easter’, < Latin Pascha. It is no coincidence that two of the best known and earliest recorded instances of sceilg are at 6th century monastic sites with hermitages, namely Skellig Michael and Templenaskellig near St. Kevin’s Bed at Glendalough.   Sceilg Mhichíl is the 1370th highest place in Ireland. Sceilg Mhichíl is the most southerly summit and also the most westerly in the Iveragh NW area.
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FOR THE PURIST.
by sandman  28 Sep 2015
For the individuals who are pure of heart and truly wish to climb the south summit one can apply for permission to National Monuments Service Office of Public Works. The application can be submitted to visitorservices@opw.ie or by fax to (094)937 33 95. To tick a summit one must first reach it . Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1031/comment/18332/
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