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Monte Piana, Battlegrounds, Via Ferrata, Difficult River crossings.

Track 4145 simon3 a day ago
This will always be a memorable and very varied walk. It has views of the iconic Drei Zinnen, a spectacular rocky mounta walk, Len: 14.4km, Climb: 708m, Area: Italy, Veneto () ||

Furnace to Nephin

Track 4144 GSheehy 6 days ago
When we set up Na Sléibhte Hillwalking Club we said we?d travel to mountain ranges all around the country. I think i... walk, Len: 29.7km, Climb: 2030m, Area: Buckoogh, North Mayo (Ireland) Buckoog||

The Paps East: Just a photo of the peak

Summit Comment magnumpig 3 days ago
The peak of the eastern most Pap looking towards the other Pap and Killarney and Magillycuddys. Taken on 05/06/2019, which was a pleasant and sweaty evening.

Cupidstown Hill: Accessing Cupidstown Wood from the North is difficult

Summit Comment jgfitz 2 days ago
I followed Track #2611, which starts at Slievethoul/Saggart Hill, and then heads south to Cupidstown Hill. No problem with Saggart Hill. However, the access into Cupidstown Wood at O 009 211 is ve...

Track # 2900

Forum: Suggestions jgfitz 3 days ago
This track is corrupted. It appears to be two separate tracks that are joined. Saggart Hill and Cupidstown Hill are one track; Lugnagun is another track that is a significant distance away. The tr...

An Cró Mór: A harsh place with a harsh past

Summit Comment TommyV 4 days ago
The Great Blasket Island was abandoned in the 1950's but in recent times some of the families have done up some of the cottages on the island and there is a couple who are now running a cafe and h...

Portugal: Walk from Foz to Porto Centre

Track 4143 Onzy a week ago
walk, Len: 8.2km, Climb: 110m, Area: Portugal, Porto () ||

Foilclogh: Lovely views ..... average hike

Summit Comment TommyV 4 days ago
Foilclogh is quite a central hill towards the Southern half of the Iveragh peninsula so the views at the top are fantastic. The summit itself however is a bland elevated hump and the hike up is no...

Castlequin: A mixed bag

Summit Comment TommyV 4 days ago
Kimego forest is an official Coilte forest recreation area tucked away on the North side of the Iveragh penininsula at V45388 82721 but in truth it is much more an area of felled trees and stacked...

Scraigs

Track 4147 Peter Walker a week ago
As noted by previous visitors, Scraigs is a cracking mini-mountain, all rough and irascible as it rears precipitousl... walk, Len: 2.9km, Climb: 231m, Area: Scraigs, Bluestack Mountains (Ireland) S||

Geokaun: Drive time

Summit Comment TommyV 4 days ago
Nothing to add on the directions as its very straight forward. The weather turned just as we drove to the summit so we didn't even get to do the short looped walk.

Bray Head: One of the best short hikes in Ireland.

Summit Comment TommyV 4 days ago
The route described by others is still the same and it's now way marked. Just to mention that there is now a car park which is a discovery point along the Wild Atlantic Way which is the start poin...
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Dublin/Wicklow Area   Wicklow Mountains Subarea
Place count in area: 129, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 49, 50, 55, 56, 61, 62, AWW 
Highest place: Lugnaquilla, 925m
Maximum height for area: 925 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres,

Places in area Dublin/Wicklow:
Ballinacorbeg 336mBallinastraw 284mBallycurry 301mBallyguile Hill 188mBallyhook Hill 288mBray Head Hill 240mCarrickgollogan 276mCarrigeen Hill 298mCarrigoona Commons East 242mCloghnagaune 385mCorballis Hill 258mCupidstown Hill 378.6mDunranhill 342mEagle Hill 296mKilleagh 249mKilliney Hill 153.5mKilmichael Hill 267mKilnamanagh Hill 217mKnockannavea 400.8mKnockree 342mMount Kennedy 365.9mSlieveroe 332mWestaston Hill 270m
Dublin Mountains:   Corrig Mountain 617.1mGlendoo Mountain 586mKippure 757mKnocknagun 555mMountpelier Hill 383mPrince William's Seat 555mSaggart Hill 396.9mSeahan 647.3mSeefin 620.6mSeefingan 722.9mTibradden Mountain 467mTwo Rock Mountain 536m
Wicklow Mountains:   Annagh Hill 454mBallinacor Mountain 531mBallinafunshoge 480mBallineddan Mountain 652mBallycumber Hill 431mBallycurragh Hill 536mBallyteige 447mBaltinglass Hill 382mBarranisky 280mBenleagh 689mBlack Hill 602.2mBrockagh Mountain 557mBrockagh Mountain North-West Top 548mBrockagh Mountain SE Top 470mCamaderry Mountain 698.6mCamaderry South East Top 677.3mCamenabologue 758mCamenabologue SE Top 663mCarrick Mountain 381mCarrickashane Mountain 508mCarrig Mountain 571mCarrigleitrim 408mCarriglineen Mountain 455mCarrignagunneen 561mCarrigshouk 572.5mCarrigvore 682mChurch Mountain 544mCloghernagh 800mCollon Hill 238mConavalla 734mCorriebracks 531mCorrigasleggaun 794mCroaghanmoira 664mCroaghanmoira North Top 575mCroghan Kinsella 606mCroghan Kinsella East Top 562.1mCullentragh Mountain 510mCushbawn 400mDerrybawn Mountain 474mDjouce 725mDuff Hill 720mFair Mountain 571.2mFananierin 426mGravale 718mGreat Sugar Loaf 501mKanturk 523mKeadeen Mountain 653mKirikee Mountain 474mKnocknacloghoge 534mLakeen 357mLittle Sugar Loaf 342mLobawn 636mLugduff 652mLugduff SE Top 637mLuggala 595mLugnagun 446.2mLugnaquilla 925mMaulin 570mMoanbane 703mMoneyteige North 427mMullacor 661mMullaghcleevaun 849mMullaghcleevaun East Top 790mMuskeagh Hill 397mPreban Hill 389mRobber's Pass Hill 508.9mScarr 641mScarr North-West Top 561mSeskin 344mSilsean 698mSleamaine 430mSlieve Maan 547.8mSlieve Maan North Top 546.1mSlievecorragh 418mSlievefoore 414mSlievemaan 759mSorrel Hill 599.5mSpinans Hill 409mSpinans Hill SE Top 400mStoney Top 714mStookeen 420mSugarloaf 552mTable Mountain 701.7mTable Mountain West Top 563mTinoran Hill 312mTomaneena 682.4mTonduff 642mTonduff East Top 593mTonelagee 817mTonelagee NE Top 668mTonlagee South-East Top 546mTrooperstown Hill 430mWar Hill 686mWhite Hill 630.9m

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War Hill Mountain Cnoc an Bhairr A name in Irish
(Ir. Cnoc an Bhairr [PNCW*], 'hill of the summit') Wicklow County, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Granite with microcline phenocrysts Bedrock

Height: 686m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: O16895 11338
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Longitude: -6.253946, Latitude: 53.140034 , Easting: 316895, Northing: 211338 Prominence: 71m,  Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 716819 711370,   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 considered tentative.   War Hill is the 134th highest place in Ireland.
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Small cairn, big view and sapping heather. .. by group   (Show all for War Hill)
 
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Picture: The Great Sugar Loaf and a Welsh smudge on the horizon.		  
New Comment: 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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