Went up Seltannasaggart SE Slope recently as part of the County High Point list.

We approached Seltannasaggart along the Miner's Way & Historical Trail from the south west side of Corry Mountain Bog. (Route B: G 895 179 A B) Our hike was an out and back, and was around a 5.5km round trip. Parking in a large access road entrance, we started our hike up from the small boreen that runs parallel to the Arigna River on its northern bank. Turning left off the lane, we’re on a grassy slope that leads up to the bog, and we slowly climb our way upwards. Hitting a wire fence, we cross it and turn right as the grass gives way to heather. Following the fence across the side of the hill, we then turn sharply left and over another stile, the heather now giving way to wetter bogland as we continue uphill once more. We spend most of our time slowly meandering our way up the hill, knowing there’s no real time limit for our evening hike, the breeze ensuring that we never stop for too long. Throughout this bogland we try to stick to the line that the waymarkers make across the horizon, as there are old mine shafts on these hillsides.

Reaching the end of the bog, we hit the wind farm access roads and turn left, continuing up hill. It’s not a far walk through the wind farm, but being a place that all looks the same, it’s tricky to pinpoint exactly where we’re aiming for. If you reach a large concrete building, you’ve gone too far. How we locate the small cairn is by standing higher up the hill than it, and looking back down at it.

We really enjoyed this approach option! More musings on this hill - https://toughsoles.ie/blog/2021/seltannasaggart Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1055/comment/23291/