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Ballystrang 292m,
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Rocky Island: Rocky Island

Island Comment Pepe 2 days ago
The 'south face' is to the right of the rocky summit as you look at the photo

Gearhane: Looks narrower from the north but offers a surprise!

Summit Comment Bunsen7 3 days ago
Approaching Gearhane from the south you can see how it fans out from the top to the east and west. I suppose there is a resemblance to a tooth or fang - which may have inspired the name. For ...

Beennabrack: Steep Cliffs to the North

Summit Comment Bunsen7 3 days ago
It's a shame that I've only summitted this particular top in thick mist but on a subsequent fair weather hike to Gearhane to the north I captured this image which gives a fair impression of t...

Binevenagh: PAAI ag dreapadh ar Bhinn Fhoibhne

Summit Comment pdtempan a day ago
Thaistil cnocadóirí Phobal ar a'n Iúl (grúpa atá lonnaithe san Ómaigh) ó thuaidh go Binn Fhoibhne i gContae Dhoire ar na mallaibh. Dhreap naonúr againn an sliabh Dé Domhnaigh. Lá breá grianmh...

Binevenagh: Access issues and warning of rockfalls

Summit Comment pdtempan 3 days ago
Options for accessing the mountain are more limited now than when I was last here about 3 years ago. Walkers are no longer permitted to park at St. Aidan's Church (C678315), the car-park bein...

Brandon Peak: One of the best for sure

Summit Comment Bunsen7 5 days ago
If you park at Q47044 06865 and follow the track up over Gearhane to Brandon Peak, returning the same way, you will only expend between 2.5 and 3 hours of your time. Quite a small investment ...

Brown's Hill, Croaghnageers & Croaghanirwore.

Track 4543 noucamp 2 days ago
Visited these hills on a breezy,cold May day in 2017 after parking at Barnesmore Gap.Visibility wasn't perfec... walk, Len: 15.4km, Climb: 996m, Area: Brown's Hill, Bluestack Mountains (Irela|...

Brandon Peak: Garran Ceoil

Summit Comment liz50 6 days ago
Iain T and Onzy both mention the impressive east ridge of Brandon Peak which leads directly to the summit from the shore of Lough Croite, the largest of the Paternoster lakes. Known locally a...

Croveenananta, Lacroagh, Croaghugagh and Croaghubbrid

Track 4358 noucamp 2 days ago
There is some very boggy ground on this route so would advise waiting for a day with good visibility as the view... walk, Len: 8.3km, Climb: 515m, Area: Cruach Mhín an Fheannta, Bluestack Mounta||...

Lissoughter: Attack of the Bees

Summit Comment TommyV 6 days ago
Followed jimbloomers directions which are spot on. No fence so access to the open hill is easy although strangely enough there is a fence all the way around the summit. Fantastic views of the...

Glencorbet Loop

Track 4542 peter1 3 days ago
The last day of the July 2021 heatwave and with temperatures expected to be in the mid 20s, I decided on a relativel... walk, Len: 16.9km, Climb: 1125m, Area: Binn Bhán, Twelve Bens (Ireland) Binn ||

Moneyteige North: Busy spiders...

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 6 days ago
Making an early start to avoid the summer heat, I was rewarded by the sight of thousands of cobwebs speckled with morning dew nestling among the long grasses and ferns, including the one in t...
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Donegal East Area   NW: Letterkenny Hills Subarea
Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 11, 12, 6, 7 
Highest place: Culliagh SE Top, 369m
Maximum height for area: 369 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 241 metres,

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Ballystrang Hill Donegal County in Ulster Province, in no lists, Banded semi-pelitic & psammitic schist Bedrock

Height: 292m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 6, 11 Grid Reference: C11639 04956
Place visited by 10 members. Recently by: eamonoc, David-Guenot, Aidy, sandman, IndyMan, Peter Walker, Harry Goodman, Garmin, kmoore, Fergalh
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Longitude: -7.819403, Latitude: 54.892137 , Easting: 211639, Northing: 404956 Prominence: 95m,  Isolation: 3.5km
ITM: 611586 904943,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bly292, 10 char: Balystrang
Bedrock type: Banded semi-pelitic & psammitic schist, (Termon Formation)

Ballystrang is the 1179th highest place in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1153/
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Another windfarmed summit .. by group   (Show all for Ballystrang )
 
Easy Access On Wind Farm Road .. by Aidy   (Show all for Ballystrang )
 
Windy spot
by Fergalh  3 Aug 2014
Park at C10914 04534 A. Climb up hill till first turn left (C11332 04568 B) than walk as far as turbine no. 38. Turn right here and proceed 200 metres to top of hill. Always ask permission before entering wind farms. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1153/comment/17590/
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