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Feature count in area: 44, by county: Tipperary: 36, Limerick: 8,
OSI/LPS Maps: 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66
Highest Place: Keeper Hill 691.6m
Starting Places (31) in area Midlands SW: Ballincurra Hill South, Ballyhourigan Wood Loop Walk, Barnane Lodge, Castlewaller Wood Forest Road, Coillte Knockanroe, Commanealine Wood, Commaun Beg North, Cullaun South, Cummer South, Curreeny Wood, Doonane Forest Carpark, Foildhine Mulkeir Rivers, Glenaneagh Park, Glenstal Wood CP, Gortagarry Hill West, Greenan Cross, Knockadigeen Hill SW, Knockanora East, Knockanully, Knockaviltoge East, Knockfune Wood Bend, Knockmaroe Wood, Knockmehill South, Knockteige SW, Nicker, Raven's Rock, Ring Hill West, River Doonane, The Lookout, Tobernagreana, Upperchurch
Summits & other features in area Midlands SW: Cen: Mauherslieve: Cummer 405m, Foilduff 400m, Knockmaroe 411m, Mauherslieve 543m E: Upperchurch Hills: Knockalough 427m, Knockaviltoge 364m N: Knockshigowna: Knockshigowna 212m NE: Devilsbit: Benduff 455m, Black Hill 228m, Devilsbit Mountain 480m, Gortagarry 458m, Kilduff Mountain 445m, Knockanora 433m NE: Templederry: Ballincurra Hill 403m, Commaun Beg 403m, Cooneen Hill 467m, Coumsallahaun 320m, Knockadigeen Hill 402m NW: Arra Mountains: Corbally Hill 339m, Tountinna 457m NW: Silvermine Mountains: Silvermine Mountains East Top 479m, Silvermine Mountains Far East Top 410m, Silvermine Mountains West Top 489m SE: Hollyford Hills: Falleennafinoga 388m, Foildarg 440m, Glenaneagh 420m, Gortnageragh 418m, Knockastanna 444m, Knockbane 433m, Lackenacreena 413m, Ring Hill 426m, Tooreen 457m SW: Slieve Felim: Cullaun 460m, Derk Hill 236m, Knockroe 204m, Knockseefin 235m, Slieve Felim 427m, Slieve Felim East Top 423m, Slieve Felim South Top 407m W: Keeper Hill: Bleanbeg 368m, Boolatin Top 446.6m, Keeper Hill 691.6m, Knockane 411m, Knockfune 452m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not
islands as such.
Bleanbeg, 368mHill
Place Rating ..
, Tipperary County in Munster province, in Binnion Lists, Bleanbeg is the 1026th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference R79075 63872,
OS 1:50k mapsheet 59 Place visited by: 29members, recently by: aidand, chelman7, Moirabourke, Arcticaurora, Krzysztof_K, Dee68, JohnRea, garrettd, LiamG1951, maryblewitt, mlmoroneybb, sarahryanowen, Alanjm, MichaelG55, LorraineG60
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Longitude: -8.310435, Latitude: 52.725931, Easting: 179075, Northing: 163872,
Prominence: 111m, Isolation: 2.6km ITM: 579030 663915 Bedrock type: Pale & red sandstone, grit & claystone, (Keeper Hill Formation)
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Blnbg, 10 char: Bleanbeg Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1084/
Gallery for Bleanbeg and surrounds
Summary
for Bleanbeg :
High heather makes for difficult ascent
Summary created by jackill
18 Jul, 2014
Start at A (R79274 64735) (Point A) at forest entrance, room here for 5-6 cars, follow the forest track uphill ignoring the first left, this leads to an abandoned farmhouse. Continue on the track to a dead end, just before the track ends take a sharp left up a rough forest ride for about 100mts onto open hill side and thigh deep heathery slopes.
Look for an old deep dyke at the forest edge B (R78983 64375) this leads uphill to the right from here to within 150mtrs of the top, then cross into the heather to the summit area. The top of Bleanbeg is heather covered with a few small trees and great views all around with Boolatin and Keeper Hill the most dominant features to be seen. To the west of the top there are turf cuttings so there might be an easier alternative to this route, return by the upward route to the forest track .
Climbed on Tue 1/7/2014.Looking for shortest route to top, I started at A (R79274 64735) at forest entrance, room here for many cars, followed forest track uphill ignored first left, this leads to an abandoned farmhouse. Continued on track to a dead end, just before the track ended I took a sharp left up a rough forest ride for about 100mts this led to open hill side and thigh deep heathery slopes. To save the legs I was able to use and old deep dyke at the forest edge B (R78983 64375) this led uphill to the right from here. this was a god send as I was able to negotiate my way up through it beside the forest having only to climb out twice into the torturous heather. The dyke led to within about 150mts of the top, then it was out into the heather still thigh deep in places and very difficult to walk in. The top of Bleanbeg is heather covered with a few small trees hereabouts great views all around with Boolatin and Keeper Hill the most dominant features to be seen. To the west of the top I spotted freshly cut turf so there might be an easier alternative to my route, Headed back down the upward route to the forest track where I discovered I had lost my sunglasses, so I turned around and headed all the way back up again dyke crawling heather bashing my way to the top but to no avail. So Mt Viewers if anyone climbs Bleanbeg this way the sunglasses are mine! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1084/comment/17526/
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Picture: Fox Moth caterpillar
Bugs in the heather.
by paddyhillsbagger
7 Sep 2014
I didn't find eamonc's glasses on Bleanbeg but I did find plenty of these caterpillars. On consulting the MothsIreland website I found out they are Fox Moths. http://www.mothsireland.com/gallery3/Lasiocampidae/Lasiocampinae/66-008-Fox-Moth-Macrothylacia-rubi/1638-Fox-Moth-Macrothylacia-rubi-Moneycrookroe
You can get help to identify what you come across on the hills and add to the moth database when the ID is confirmed.
It's not only the fine views that make life interesting on the hills! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1084/comment/17668/
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