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Donegal Central Area , NE: Loughsalt Hills Subarea
Feature count in area: 15, all in Donegal, OSI/LPS Maps: 1, 2, 6
Highest Place: Moylenanav 539m

Starting Places (28) in area Donegal Central:
Astelleen Burn Waterfall, Ballyarr, Binnadoo, Braughan Road, Drumfin Bridge, Edenacarnan East, Edenacarnan North, Edenacarnan South, Garrangalta Rocks, Gartan Wood, Glenveagh Bridge, Glenveagh National Park SW, Glenveigh Castle, Losset North, Lough Acrobane Farmhouse, Lough Acrobane South, Lough Acrobane South West, Lough Barra Slipway CP, Lough Barra W, Lough Natooey West, Lough Salt North, Lough Salt West, Moyle Hill, Nabrackbaddy Lough, Parochial House, River Barra Bridge NE, River Barra Bridge SW, Sruhancrolee Bridge

Summits & other features in area Donegal Central:
NE: Loughsalt Hills: Crockmore 349m, Croaghmore 278m, Edenacarnan 192m, Loughaskerry 252m, Loughsalt Mountain 469m, Moyle Hill 148m, Stragraddy Mountain 285m
SW: Glendowan Mountains: Binswilly 337m, Brown Mountain 224m, Cionn Bheatha 384m, Crockastoller 418m, Farscallop 420.6m, Gartan Mountain 357m, Leahanmore 442m, Moylenanav 539m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Croaghmore, 278m Hill
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, Donegal County in Ulster province, in Binnion Lists, Croaghmore is the 1216th highest place in Ireland. Croaghmore is the most northerly summit and also the second most easterly in the Donegal Central area.
Grid Reference C14300 31500, OS 1:50k mapsheet 2
Place visited by: 11 members, recently by: eamonoc, jackill, Fergalh, NICKY, Peter Walker, AntrimRambler, Garmin, chalky, David-Guenot, Harry Goodman, Terry-Parker
I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)
Longitude: -7.776613, Latitude: 55.130496, Easting: 214300, Northing: 431500, Prominence: 119m,  Isolation: 5.1km
ITM: 614246 931482
Bedrock type: Whitish quartzite with pebble beds, (Slieve Tooey Quartzite Formation)

  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Crg278, 10 char: Croaghm278

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Summary for Croaghmore : Pleasant stroll to a fine view point.
Summary created by Harry Goodman 30 May, 2014
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Picture: Approaching Croaghmore along the access track.
Perhaps the shortest and most direct approach is from the road going E out of Glenn village near Carrigart. Park off this road at a minor road on the right L Nat W (C13986 30677). Continue E along the main road for a further 300 metres to a good stone track on the left A (C14313 30592). Follow it directly towards the hill ignoring any branches off on either side. Where it ends B (C14331 31242) continue up more steeply over good peaty ground, with the grip eased in places by a scattering of rough stones, to gain the high point C (C14367 31548). Return by way of ascent, a round trip of 2.5km. In addition to the route described an examination of OSi Sheet 2 will show that this hill is in fact crossed by numerous tracks giving the walker various options for an approach. Views from the top are extensive. NW are the sand dunes around Downings backed by Melmore Head, while to the W are the high tops of the Derryveagh range. To the NE over Mulroy Bay are Dunaff Head , Raghtin More and the Urris Hills among others.
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Picture: A minor summit to the NE (267m), with the Knockalla ridge and the Inishowen hills in the background,
Save it for a sunny day to enjoy the views !!
by David-Guenot 27 Nov 2014
Climbed this hill on a late afternoon in July 2014, on my way back from Moylenanav and Crockastroller. Parked at Drumf Br (C152 306) and headed on up for Bingrania (pt. 246m). The track crosses some peat fields and peters out as the ground rises. I made my way straight up through high fern, before the ground steepened and became grassy, forming like a giant staircase !! The last part of the ascent was quite gentle and the descent to the col with Croaghmore was very quick. There is a pond at the col, with a few small stumps peering here and there above the water, which look a bit like standing stones, which gave me the impression of discovering a sacred place or something !! From there, it is a short ascent to the top. As Harry Goodman said, the views are extensive from all sides. Only to the S is the horizon barred by Loughsalt Mountain -the view is really nice, though. Really worth the (easy) ascent, especially if you use the track described by Harry Goodman. I came down this way to the main road, which I then had to follow for about 15 minutes to get back to the car. As I said in a comment I posted a few months ago on the General Forum, I was a bit disappointed that nature was a bit spoiled with litter here and there on the way (including broken glass), still the views from the top are really beautiful. Do not miss it if in the area !! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1175/comment/17754/
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