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Spanish Coastal Walk: Calpe to Monte Toix

Track 5277 Onzy 2 weeks ago
Popular high point looking over Calpe to the north east and Benidorm to the south west. View from Monte Toix over Calpe walk, Len: 18.8km, Climb: 487m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Drumlongfield: Not such an easy climb to summit by hedgerow

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 weeks ago
Parked at 889 707 and followed track north east until a gate. Then crossed into field and following that over barbed wire fences, electric fences, gorse and brambles to high point. This appea...

Spanish Coastal Walk: West of Almerimar

Track 5276 Onzy 2 weeks ago
walk, Len: 14.7km, Climb: 75m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Mullaghanish: Save it for sunset

Summit Comment Leatra 3 weeks ago
Mullaghanish by way of the mast's access road is nothing special, but the views westward are fantastic, as we found on an April weekday evening. With a strong northeasterly slapping us every ...

Knockree: Wicklow Way Easy Access

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a month ago
The Wicklow Way passes over the western and southern flanks of this hill and can be used to provide access to the summit from either side. It is a pleasant walk, with good views when there is...

Spanish Coastal Walk: Marbella to Puerto Banus

Track 5275 Onzy 2 weeks ago
walk, Len: 15.7km, Climb: 34m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Sheep Island: My Left Foot

Island Comment Pepe a month ago
A view of the human foot-shaped island of Carrickanine with its remarkable resemblance to one of Pepe's feet after a day out trekking barefoot in the mud. The photo was taken from the shady s...

Simple walk up historic hill.

Track 5274 Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
Very simple 15 minute walk up grassy track to historic county highpoint. Parking for about 10 cars at start, a... walk, Len: 1.5km, Climb: 100m, Area: Slieve Na Calliagh, North East Midlands (|...

White Hill: Summit of the Wicklow Way

Summit Comment hibby a month ago
I imagine most visitors to White Hill are just passing through on their way somewhere else. Today on St Patrick's Day there was no shortage of visitors, enduring a cold wind blowing across th...

Robber's Pass Hill: 3 candidate high points

Summit Comment hibby a month ago
Out for a walk over White Hill to Djouce - first order of business was to find and summit Robber's Pass Hill. I will admit in all my years walking in Wicklow I had never heard of Robber's Pas...

So, so simple....

Track 5273 Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
Besides the few tops that are actually driveable, this is probably the simplest bag I’ve ever had. It’s literally 10 walk, Len: 1.4km, Climb: 67m, Area: Taur, North Cork (Ireland) Taur||

Carrickashane Mountain: Now has clear views, but its a short messy walk

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: hibby a month ago
Park at T0854386765 on the Military Road. Follow the track uphill SW (signed for the Wicklow Way) for some 900m and then to the top. The forestry, previously on the left, is now completely go...
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Currywongaun Hill Corr Uí Mhongáin A name in Irish, also Corrywongaun Hill an extra EastWest name in English 'Corr' - round hill, pointed hill, hollow; pointed, conspicuous, odd.
Corr Uí Mhongáin could mean 'Uí Mhongáin's' 'round' or 'pointed'
'hill'. According to ainm.ie surnames related to Mongáin include: Ó
Maingín, Ó Mainín, Ó Mainnín, Ó Maithnín, Mangan, Manning, Mannion,
Mongan Galway County in Connacht Province, in Binnion List, Hornblende metagabbros & metanorites Bedrock

Height: 273m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L73100 59600
Place visited by 20 members. Recently by: abbiew1001, Wilderness, padstowe, Fergalh, GSheehy, eamonoc, Lauranna, markmjcampion, patmoran, liz50, Jamessheerin, juliewoods, bryanmccabe, tphase, deirdrenig
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Longitude: -9.916313, Latitude: 53.571106 , Easting: 73100, Northing: 259600 Prominence: 109m,  Isolation: 2km
ITM: 473077 759620,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crywng, 10 char: Crywngn
Bedrock type: Hornblende metagabbros & metanorites, (Metagabbro and Related Lithologies)

http://www.logainm.ie/ga/18325   Currywongaun is the 1230th highest place in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1182/
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Hill at forefront of technology
by chalky  29 Oct 2014
Had a conversation with the farmer on the way down who told me that the concrete platforms referred to are the remains of a Marconi installation that produced the first telegraph signals to America in 1908. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1182/comment/17737/
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