Cumber Hill 316m hill, Slieve Bloom W: Kinnitty Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Slieve Bloom Area W: Kinnitty Subarea

Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 54
Highest place:

Arderin, 527m
Maximum height for area: 527 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 420 metres,

Places in area Slieve Bloom:
Cen: Wolftrap Mountain:

Carroll's Hill 482m

Castleconor 407m

Stillbrook Hill 514m

Wolftrap Mountain 487m
E: Capard:

Baunreaghcong 508.2m

Ridge of Capard 482.1m
S: Arderin:

Arderin 527m

Barcam 484m

Farbreague 430m

Garraunbaun 406m
W: Kinnitty:

Cumber Hill 316m

Knocknaman 337m

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

Cumber Hill Hill Offaly County in Leinster Province, in Binnion List, Thick flaggy sandstone, thin siltstone Bedrock

Height: 316m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 54 Grid Reference: N18885 02159
Place visited by 17 members. Recently by: John.geary, Colin Murphy, Bernieor, madfrankie, ceadeile, melohara, High-King, peterturner, chalky, aidand, eamonoc, kernowclimber, mcrtchly, sandman, paddyhillsbagger
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Longitude: -7.719018, Latitude: 53.070019 , Easting: 218885, Northing: 202159 Prominence: 118m, Isolation: 1.9km
ITM: 618830 702192, GPS IDs, 6 char: CmbrHl, 10 char: Cumber Hil
Bedrock type: Thick flaggy sandstone, thin siltstone, (Clonaslee Member)

Cumber Hill is the 1123th highest place in Ireland. Cumber Hill is the most westerly summit in the Slieve Bloom area.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1124/

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Hillfort earthworks1 .. by ceadeile (Show all for Cumber Hill )

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Stone age hill fort remains on summit .. by Fergalh (Show all for Cumber Hill )

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Picture: View of Carroll's Hill.

Nice views thanks to tree-felling

by Colin Murphy 6 Jan 2022

Thanks to recent forest clearance, at least the views from Cumber have improved, if not the ease of access. This is a wintry view from near the top looking towards Carroll's Hill. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1124/comment/23376/

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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