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Knockanora: An awful trudge

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 5 hours ago
I followed the quicker route in the short summary. Be warned that the track leading to S01331 71186 is in a terrible state thanks to forest vehicles churning it into a rutted quagmire (and that's ...

Knockadigeen Hill: Obstacle course

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 5 hours ago
I could not identify the route directly up from the road as described in the short summary, as it seems to have become completely overgrown. Instead I crossed the gate on the left that led into a ...

Ballincurra Hill: Shaggy dog story

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 6 hours ago
Other contributors have remarked on the curious porcelain dog marking the summit, speculating that it might be a memorial to a beloved pet. Well, it's not. As my daughter & 1 descended we encounte...

Sturrall: Side view of Sturrall

Coast Comment srr45 2 days ago
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Sturrall: Landscape photo of Sturrall

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Carriglinneen, Kirikee, Cullentragh. Less common routes.

Track 4690 simon3 4 days ago
This route starts from the Glenmalure Lodge and takes an approach up Carriglineen and then Kirikee that avoids ex... walk, Len: 15.7km, Climb: 680m, Area: Carriglineen Mountain, Wicklow (Ireland)|...

Lobawn: Lobawn June 2022

Summit Comment 500plusclub 4 days ago
Cold dry windy June day hike to lowbawn via sugar loaf. New fencing so make sure you are on the right side of it for going up. Both war dept stones still toppled. Might head up some day and t...

Sturrall: Sturrall look out tower

Coast Comment srr45 2 days ago
Look out tower. In surprisingly good condition given it’s exposed location. It is located about 500m directly south of Sturrall summit. Don’t miss this as it is worth a visit if doing Sturrall

Church Mountain: Church mountain

Summit Comment 500plusclub 5 days ago
Hiked church mountain as part of a loop, continuing along corriebaks, pinnacle and back through Donard village. They seem to be installing new fencing and pedestrian gates

Montagne de Liausson via Cirque de Mourèze

Track 4691 David-Guenot 4 days ago
French bank holidays in May and June often give an opportunity to explore new places. With a few hours for myself to spa walk, Len: 12.6km, Climb: 654m, Area: France, Occitanie () ||

Bengorm: Falcon's Crest

Summit Comment pdtempan 5 days ago
I climbed Bengorm on a clear, sunny day in May as a way of reaching the higher target of Corranabinnia. During the whole walk of 6.5 hours, my only human encounters were on the lower slopes o...

Droppa from the north

Track 4688 Colin Murphy a week ago
There is parking for a couple of cars at the end of the narrow remote road at V82637 59648. Go through the gate on t... walk, Len: 7.3km, Climb: 535m, Area: Droppa, Caha Mountains (Ireland) Droppa,||
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Wicklow Area   NE: Djouce Subarea
Place count in area: 115, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 55, 56, 61, 62, AWW 
Highest place: Lugnaquilla, 924.7m
Maximum height for area: 924.7 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres,

Places in area Wicklow:
Cen: Glendalough North:   Brockagh Mountain 556.9mBrockagh Mountain NW Top 549.5mBrockagh Mountain SE Top 471.7mCamaderry Mountain 698.6mCamaderry South East Top 677.3mConavalla 734mTomaneena 682.4m
Cen: Glendalough South:   Carriglineen Mountain 455mCullentragh Mountain 510mDerrybawn Mountain 476.1mKirikee Mountain 474mLugduff 652mLugduff SE Top 638mMullacor 660.7mTrooperstown Hill 430m
N Cen: Tonelagee:   Carrignagunneen 561mFair Mountain 571.2mStoney Top 713.7mTonelagee 815.8mTonelagee E Top 668mTonelagee South-East Top 545.8m
NE: Bray & Kilmacanogue:   Bray Head Hill 238.9mCarrigoona Commons East 242mDowns Hill 372.9mGreat Sugar Loaf 501.2mLittle Sugar Loaf 342.4m
NE: Djouce:   Djouce 725.5mKnockree 342.1mMaulin 570mTonduff 642mTonduff East Top 593mWar Hill 684.8mWhite Hill 631.1m
NE: Fancy:   Ballinafunshoge 480mKanturk 527.4mKnocknacloghoge 532.4mLuggala 593.3mRobber's Pass Hill 508.9mScarr 640mScarr North-West Top 559.8mSleamaine 430m
NE: Vartry:   Ballinacorbeg 336mBallycurry 301mDunranhill 342mMount Kennedy 365.9m
NW: Blessington:   Carrigleitrim 408mLugnagun 446.2mSlieveroe 332mSorrel Hill 599.5m
NW: Mullaghcleevaun:   Black Hill 602.2mCarrigshouk 572.5mCarrigvore 682.4mDuff Hill 720.8mGravale 718mMoanbane 703mMullaghcleevaun 846.7mMullaghcleevaun East Top 796mSilsean 698m
S: Aughrim Hills:   Cushbawn 400mKilleagh 249mMoneyteige North 427mPreban Hill 389m
S: Croaghanmoira:   Ballinacor Mountain 529.3mBallycurragh Hill 536mBallyteige 447mCarrickashane Mountain 508mCroaghanmoira 662.3mCroaghanmoira North Top 579.5mFananierin 426mSlieve Maan 547.8mSlieve Maan North Top 546.1m
S: Croghan Kinsella:   Annagh Hill 454mCroghan Kinsella 606mCroghan Kinsella East Top 562.1mSlievefoore 414m
S: Shillelagh Hills:   Lakeen 357mMonaughrim 206mSeskin 344mStookeen 420m
S: Tinahely Hills:   Ballycumber Hill 431mEagle Hill 296mMuskeagh Hill 397m
SE: Wicklow South East:   Ballinastraw 284mBallyguile Hill 188mBarranisky 280mCarrick Mountain 381mCollon Hill 238mKilnamanagh Hill 217mWestaston Hill 270m
W: Baltinglass:   Ballyhook Hill 288mBaltinglass Hill 382mCarrig Mountain 571mCarrigeen Hill 298mCloghnagaune 385mCorballis Hill 258mKeadeen Mountain 653mSpinans Hill 409mSpinans Hill SE Top 400mTinoran Hill 312m
W: Cen Lugnaquilla:   Ballineddan Mountain 652mBenleagh 689mCamenabologue 758mCamenabologue SE Top 663mCloghernagh 800mCorrigasleggaun 794.6mLugnaquilla 924.7mSlievemaan 759m
W: Donard:   Brewel Hill 222mChurch Mountain 544mCorriebracks 531mLobawn 636mSlievecorragh 418mSugarloaf 552mTable Mountain 701.7mTable Mountain West Top 563m

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War Hill Mountain Cnoc an Bharda A name in Irish, also Cnoc an Bhairr an extra name in Irish This is almost certainly a name coined in English. War Hill may be a
corruption of *Ward Hill, referring to a look-out point or a place
where watch was kept. Wicklow County in Leinster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Granite with microcline phenocrysts Bedrock

Height: 684.8m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: O16900 11300
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Longitude: -6.2539, Latitude: 53.139683 , Easting: 316900, Northing: 211300 Prominence: 69.51m,  Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 716823 711331,   GPS IDs, 6 char: WrHl, 10 char: War Hill
Bedrock type: Granite with microcline phenocrysts, (Type 2p microcline porphyritic)

Price's suggested Irish derivation for War Hill, whilst possible, seems rather tautological and is not backed up by any Irish attestations. Barr is itself a common term denoting a hill and is usually the first element in names, e.g. Barr Trí gCom (Baurtregaum), Barr na Coilleadh (Barnakillew), etc. Also "hill of the top" seems a strange way to describe War Hill, since it's really only a lower outlier of Djouce. An alternative is that the name was created in English, and this is supported by a reference to a battle on War Hill in a letter written on 15th December 1838 by Eugene O'Curry. “In the Townland of Lackandarragh in the Powerscourt Parish they shew a place called the Churchyard, but it does not retain the least vestige of either a church or churchyard. Some say that it was the place of sepulture of persons killed in a battle fought between the English troops and the O‟Tooles some three hundred years ago. This battle was fought on War Hill, immediately overhanging this Churchyard, on the opposite side of the river.” Of course, one would expect these events to give rise to "Battle Hill", rather than "War Hill", so this suggestion must also be treated with caution. More likely is that the name has been corrupted from *Ward Hill, and that watch was kept on this hill either by shepherds or soldiers. The village of Warcop in Westmoreland, England, provides a parallel for this. It is also named from a hill, with the first element believed to be reduced from ward- to war- [Concise Dictionary of English Place-Names, Eilert Ekwall, p. 497]. The form Cnoc an Bharda is provided here as a translation into Irish of "Ward Hill". It is not to be understood as an attested historical form. Nor does it have any connection to the word bard meaning ‘poet’.   War Hill is the 135th highest place in Ireland.
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on a crisp January morning. .. by Irishsas   (Show all for War Hill (Cnoc an Bharda))
 
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Picture: The Great Sugar Loaf and a Welsh smudge on the horizon.		  
Clear day on a neglected summit.
by simon3  8 Jun 2019
Most of the times I have been on War Hill, it has been raining and I have just climbed up the heathery and exhausting slope from the Knocknacloghoge River. So it was a pleasure to be on the top on a dry and exceptionally clear day.

There was a reasonable view of the surrounding hills and countryside, but also the Mournes and parts of Wales. (The small part of the Welsh coast visible, probably around Holyhead is a very slight blip to the right of the Sugar Loaf.) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/129/comment/20542/
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