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Hidden routes around Carrickgollogan.

Track 4416 simon3 11 hours ago
Prefer the solitary, prefer the unmuddy?No guarantees but this route will minimise interaction and bring you on the le... walk, Len: 7.1km, Climb: 258m, Area: Carrickgollogan, Dublin (Ireland) Carric

The Chevin: Short walk to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 23 hours ago
Parked to south in the Yorkgate Quarry Car park. Than followed track to unmarked summit with great views

Bennan: Detour off main track is worth it

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
On the way off The Meerick traversed the Nieve of Spit than Benyellary. Shortly afterwards as the track took a turn south east. ASt this point I headed south west over boggy ground to the Rocky su...

Lindley Moor: Short walk to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 22 hours ago
Park to west at wide entrance and follow track up to communications mast. Just beside the communications mast there is an outcrop which is the unmarked summit

Kirriereoch Hill (boundary): Foggy descent and ascent

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
Navigation Skills essential in these remote scottish hills

Kirriereoch Hill (boundary): Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
A short distance north led to this summit marked with a large cairn. Than the long descent and ascent back to the Meerick

Vote for MV's Photo of the Year 2020!

Forum: General Colin Murphy a day ago
Despite a very restricted year in terms of hillwalking (and everything else), nevertheless many people did get to venture out and also take some fine pictures of the countryside. Take a look at tw...

Kirriereoch Hill: steep descent and than steep ascent

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
From the Meerick I left my friends and headed North down over 200 metres down a very steep slope. I than crossed a col and had a steep ascent to the first peak which was marked by a small cairn

Merrick: Summit in sight

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
Always one of the most welcome sights for any hill walker on a misty day and a high summit is when the clouds lift and the trig pillar can be spotted and this was a very misty day

Merrick: The Nuckle

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
The Meerick is known as the Nuckle of The Awful Hand Range

Merrick: Interesting trek across the Nieve.....

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
From Benyellary we crossed the narrow ridge known as 'Nieve of the Spit' and than ascended to the summit of the Meerick which is the highest mountain in Southern Scotland. This is marked with a Tr...

Benyellary: River on your right all the way up

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
These mountains are also known as the awful Hand Range.
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Bencollaghduff Mountain An Bhinn Dubh A name in Irish
Ir. An Bhinn Dubh [TR#], 'black peak') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock

Height: 696m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L79782 52992
Place visited by 326 members. Recently by: finkey86, Chance, Benbruce, upper, No1Grumbler, thrifleganger, pcost, abeach, DNicholson, ShayGlynn, hivisibility, therealcrow, nevgeoran, Liamob, conorjob
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Longitude: -9.812862, Latitude: 53.51334 , Easting: 79782, Northing: 252992 Prominence: 191m,  Isolation: 1.3km
ITM: 479765 753013,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bnclgh, 10 char: Bnclghdf
Bedrock type: Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top, (Bennabeola Quartzite Formation)

Bencollaghduff means ‘peak of the black hags’. The black hags in question are cormorants [TR]. The OSI form Binn Dhubh represents a prescribed standard modern Irish form. Tim Robinson's Binn Dubh represents the local dialect, which omits lenition of d and t when the previous word ends in a dental consonant.   An Bhinn Dubh is the third highest mountain in the Twelve Bens area and the 117th highest in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Bencollaghduff (<i>An Bhinn Dubh</i>) in area Twelve Bens, Ireland
Picture: Summit cairn 		 
Fine mountain in horseshoe's centre
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy  24 Jun 2014
Bang in the middle of the the Glencoaghan Horseshoe, there is no easy approach to this fine mountain, which has a long E/W summit area. This approach is from the south - see parking/routes for Bengower or Benlettery. From Benbreen North Top there is a steep descent over 500m to the NE, followed by a steepish ascent of another 500m to point L792530 A. Turn east here and the terrain continues to rise sharply in parts for another 600m to attain the summit, which is marked by a large cairn. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/115/comment/4875/
 
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