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Carrane Hill: Mostly straightforward ascent from the SW

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 3 days ago
One approach is from the SW starting at the forest entrance at G83605 20008, where there is parking for several cars. Continue up the zig-zagging track, ignoring any turn on left. The final 3...

Interesting top but very muddy in parts

Track 4993 Colin Murphy 3 days ago
This is probably an interesting top to bag most days. Unfortunately the day I did it there was driving rain and n... walk, Len: 5.3km, Climb: 434m, Area: Naweeloge Top, Dartry Mountains (Ireland)|...

Naweeloge Top: Interesting Carn with dramatic cliff face

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 3 days ago
There is parking for 1/2 cars on road opposite a farm track at H02172 33464. Walk up track for about 1km, crossing 4 gates, and ignoring the turn on the right after 300m. At H01204 33387, cro...

Skye Trail - July 2023

Forum: General Geo 2 days ago
My Skye TrailMost people do the trail from North to South, but I had organised permission to leave my car in the excellent Broadford community campsite on the south of the Isle.Sunday 9am, wi...

Beinn Edra: Day 4 on the Skye Trail - Summer 2023

Summit Comment Geo 2 days ago
My first summit bagged in Scotland

Knockboy: Knockbui,"Knockboy"

Summit Comment oldsoldier 4 days ago
Climbed Knockboy yesterday, 23 Nov 2023. Great drive up and busy enough. New car park at summi of road. Space for about 15 cars. Beautiful day, views amazing. Very wet underfoot. Met local fa...

Two Sugar Loaves

Track 4992 simon4 4 days ago
This route encompasses the Great Sugarloaf and the Little Sugar Loaf in a route starting from near the Glenview Hot... walk, Len: 14.3km, Climb: 753m, Area: Great Sugar Loaf, Wicklow (Ireland) Gre||

Straightforward ascent largely up forest tracks

Track 4994 Colin Murphy 3 days ago
Most of this ascent is via good forest tracks, although the tracks take you to within 500m of the summit, there i... walk, Len: 3.8km, Climb: 146m, Area: Carrane Hill, Arigna & Bricklieve & Curle|...

Douglas Top: Good views from so-so top.

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 5 days ago
Douglas Top doesn't have too many redeeming features, unless you count the ease with which it is bagged, but among them is the fine view to the north west of Slemish, standing in splendid iso...

Knockboy: Leap of faith.

Summit Comment TommyV a week ago
It's possible to take the hair raising drive to a place called Priests Leap on the Cork-Kerry county boundry at V98563 61005. From here it's possible to follow a fence which marks the county ...

Beinn Bhrotain and Monadh Mor from Linn of Dee

Track 4923 billbaggins a week ago
These two hills are usually visited either from Glen Feshie to the west or from Linn of Dee to the south-east. This ... walk, Len: 31.0km, Climb: 1194m, Area: Cairngorms (Britain) Carn Cloich-mhuil||

Slievemore: Epic fail

Summit Comment TommyV a week ago
This island is relatively straight forward to get around. Once the ferry drops you at the pier there are arrows marking the trail that can be followed, which is along the only main road runni...
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Keeper Hill Mountain Sliabh Coimeálta A name in Irish, also Slievekimalta an extra name in Irish (Ir. Sliabh Coimeálta [GE], 'mountain of guarding') Tipperary County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale & red sandstone, grit & claystone Bedrock

Height: 691.6m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 59 Grid Reference: R82394 66704
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Longitude: -8.261477, Latitude: 52.751483 , Easting: 182394, Northing: 166704 Prominence: 627m,  Isolation: 2.1km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 582347 666745,   GPS IDs, 6 char: KprHl, 10 char: Keper Hil
Bedrock type: Pale & red sandstone, grit & claystone, (Keeper Hill Formation)

Keeper Hill, also known as Slievekimalta, gets its name from a little-known story about Sadb, daughter of Conn Cétcathach, raising her children Eogan and Indderb on this mountain after they had been rejected by their father Ailill Ólom, king of Munster. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 215-16) for details of the festive assembly which took place on Keeper Hill in mid-August. A stone circle in Bauraglanna townland on the NE slopes is known as Firbrega ('false men'). It consists of eleven orthostats of varying heights, with several prostrate stones around the perimeter. There is a large, flat recumbent stone in the centre [Archaeological Inventory of North Tipperary].   Keeper Hill is the highest mountain in the Midlands SW area and the 124th highest in Ireland.
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Walked to the top of Keeper Hill this morning. Th .. by enoonan   (Show all for Keeper Hill (Sliabh Coimeálta))
 
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Keeper Hill (<i>Sliabh Coimeálta</i>) in area Midlands SW, Ireland
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by TommyV  1 Nov 2018
Parking at Ballyhourigan forest car park at R78037 65294 starB, it's possible to follow a Coilte track all the way to the mast at the top of this hill. On the way back down when you reach the forest track again off the mountain track at R80587 66331 starC, it's possible to turn left (or right) depending on which direction you came up, to make a looped walk of the forest section on this walk. Not a very difficult walk for 694 meter mountain. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/117/comment/20147/
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