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Summit Comment Lauranna less than an hour ago
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Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
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Rocky Island: North face conquered and no acclimitisation needed

Island Comment Fergalh a day ago
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The Saddle - Trig Point: View From Summit

Summit Comment Lauranna 2 days ago
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Summit Comment Lauranna 2 days ago
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West Clare Area   S: Ennis Hills Subarea
Place count in area: 14, OSI/LPS Maps: 51, 52, 57, 58 
Highest place: Slievecallan, 391m
Maximum height for area: 391 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 365 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Ben Dash Hill Clare County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Sandstone, siltstone & mudstone Bedrock

Height: 267m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 57 Grid Reference: R21180 71175
Place visited by 15 members. Recently by: Krzysztof_K, JohnRea, finkey86, FrankMc1964, eamonoc, Jamessheerin, dtlibra, conormcbandon, frankmc04, chalky, Miranda, TommyV, sandman, Fergalh, peter1
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Longitude: -9.168968, Latitude: 52.786185 , Easting: 121180, Northing: 171175 Prominence: 119m,  Isolation: 9.2km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 521147 671215,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BnDsh, 10 char: Ben Dash
Bedrock type: Sandstone, siltstone & mudstone, (Central Clare Group)

Ben Dash is the 1246th highest place in Ireland. Ben Dash is the most southerly summit in the West Clare area.
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Nutter Mountain no more! .. by Jamessheerin   (Show all for Ben Dash )
 
First ascent! .. by peter1   (Show all for Ben Dash )
 
A lowdown elusive Trig! .. by eamonoc   (Show all for Ben Dash )
 
Take a dash off the track to the Ben of the same .. by Fergalh   (Show all for Ben Dash )
 
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Picture: Lower slopes Ben Dash		  
Restday Sunday
by eamonoc  4 Mar 2019
Plenty of diggers about Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1196/comment/20447/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
One of my earlier attempts .. by TommyV   (Show all for Ben Dash )
 
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