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Forum: General simon3 a day ago
We got two complaints about errors in our Opinionated Glossary of terms used in connection with British Hill Lists.Of the general type, "hill lists ripe for opinionated comment, but you'd better g...

Ballinastoe to Crone via Djouce, Tonduff South and Maulin

Track 4243 ceadeile 2 days ago
walk, Len: 16.9km, Climb: 739m, Area: White Hill, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Whit...

Tonduff: Ascending from the south as part of a route from Djouce/War Hill

Summit Comment conororourke 2 days ago
Summiting on Tonduff via a route from Djouce & War Hill, an option to incorporate the mountain as part of a longer route. From the summit of War Hill: " a small pile of rocks marks the summit cair...

Common Mountain: Crooked mountain turns out to be Arderin imposter.

Summit Comment simon3 4 days ago
According to the OS this summit has a summit height of 501m, however checking with a survey quality GPS on 13th Nov 2019 revealed that the true height is 499.7m +/- .1m We climbed a mountain and c...

Djouce, War Hill, Tonduff & Maulin Circuit

Track 4242 conororourke 2 days ago
Starting out at JB Malone's car park with stunning clear views of Luggala's cliff face down to Lough Tay. Easy going... walk, Len: 27.2km, Climb: 1037m, Area: White Hill, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) W||

Common Mountain: Broad Top with Steep Ground to North and East

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 4 days ago
Common Mountain is isolated from most other hills by its location in the apex of a narrow fork of land, where the N56 meets the R230. It used to be regarded as an Arderin, however measurement on 1...

Cleat: Pink 'Skye' at morning

Summit Comment mcrtchly a week ago
An early morning mountain view from the incredible Quiraing on the Trotternish Ridge, Isle of Skye. In the distance is Cleat Hill with a snow-frosted Bioda Buidhe in the background.

Slievenamon: Cloud inversion

Summit Comment peter1 a week ago
Slievenamon above a cloud inversion, from Crohan West, Knockmealdowns

UCDMC Mullaghcleevaun Hiking

Track 4240 conororourke 2 days ago
Starting at Sorrell Hill Gap on a beautiful clear Sunday. Nice steady ascent to Black hill, and then onto Mullaghcle... walk, Len: 16.7km, Climb: 616m, Area: Black Hill, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Bl||

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Crohan West: Sun and fog

Summit Comment peter1 a week ago
Approaching Crohan West from the North to begin a circuit of the hills, I spotted the sun just breaking through the fog that filled the valley. As I climbed higher, I could see the Galtees, Slieve...

Cave Hill from Belfast Castle

Track 4239 Peter Walker 4 days ago
The Belfast Hills form a sturdy barrier, cutting the city off from the rural areas around Lough Neagh, and crowding ... walk, Len: 5.6km, Climb: 270m, Area: Cave Hill, Belfast Hills (Ireland) Cave ||
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Donegal NW Area
Place count in area: 73, OSI/LPS Maps: 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 6 
Highest place: Errigal, 751m
Maximum height for area: 751 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 688 metres,

Places in area Donegal NW:
Ballystrang 292mBrown Mountain 224mCark Mountain 364mCraigcannon 357mCroaghegly 245mCroaghmore 278mCrockmore 349mCrocknaneeve 155.9mCulliagh SE Top 369mEdenacarnan 192mGregory Hill 336mKnockalla 363mKnockbrin 259mLoughaskerry 252mLoughsalt Mountain 469mMeenavally 219mMoyle Hill 148mMoylemore (Owey Island) 102mSliabh an tSratha Greadaithe 285mToome 175m
Aranmore:   Cnoc an Iolair (Mullach Thiar) (Aranmore) 227m
Derryveagh Mountains:   Aghla Beg 563.9mAghla Beg (South) 602.3mAghla More 581.2mAn Cnoc Fada 485mAn Cnoc Glas 489mAn Eadarna Mhór 416mAn Grogán Mór 457mArdloughnabrackbaddy 472.5mBingorms 578mCnoc Bhealach Gaoithe 480mCnoc na Searrach 495mCró an Locháin 486mCró Bheithe 315mCrockawama 238mCrockfadda 529mCrockfadda E Top 454mCrockfadda North-East Top 502mCrockmulroney 430mCrocknafarragh 517mCrocknafarragh SE Top 470mCruach Leac Chonaill 266mCruach na Sagart 480mDooish 651.5mDooish South-East Top 553.9mDrumnalifferny Mountain 596mErrigal 751mMackoght 555mMaumlack 480mMuckish 667.1mNa Leargacha 470.6mSaggartnadooish 506.4mSaggartnadooish E Top 478.9mSlieve Snaght 678m
Derryveagh Mtns:   Dooish South-West Top 528mDrumnalifferny North-East Top 585m
Fanad:   Ballynabrocky Hill 152mCashelmore 149mCnoc na Boirne 227mDrumavohy Hill 153m
Glendowan Mountains:   Binswilly 337mCnoc an Stualaire 418mFarscallop 420.6mGartan Mountain 357mKinnaveagh 384mLeahanmore 442mMoylenanav 539m
Gweedore:   Carn Traonach 425mCnoc Fola 314mTaobh an Leithid 429m
Horn Head:   Croaghnamaddy 252m
Rosguill:   Cnoc na Sleá 163mGáinne Mór 207m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Ballystrang Hill Donegal County, 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: 3.4km
ITM: 611586 904943,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bly292, 10 char: Balystrang
Bedrock type: Banded semi-pelitic & psammitic schist, (Termon Formation)

Ballystrang is the 1173th highest place in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1153/
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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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