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Feature count in area: 9, all in Donegal,
OSI/LPS Maps: 2
Highest Place: Knockalla 363m
Starting Places (13) in area Donegal North: Coshia, Crocknagrauv, Crocknamarrow, Crocknapisha, Glenvar, Lough Cor Road, Lough Hanane, Lurganboy Wind Farm, Mevagh Cross, Narrow Step, Stella Maris Meevagh, Trá na Rossan, Trá na Rossan Hostel
Summits & other features in area Donegal North: Cen: Rosguill: Crocknasleigh 163m, Ganiamore 207m E: Fanad: Cashelmore 149m, Knockalla 363m, Murren Hill 227m, Crockdonnelly 152m, Craigcannon 357m, Drumavohy Hill 153m W: Horn Head: Croaghnamaddy 252m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not
islands as such.
Cashelmore, 149mHill An Caiseal Mór A name in Irish,
Place Rating ..
Lurgacloughan an extra name in English, Donegal County in Ulster province, in Binnion Lists, Cashelmore is the 1479th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference C17100 41001,
OS 1:50k mapsheet 2 Place visited by: 15members, recently by: ucampbell, finkey86, NICKY, AntrimRambler, IndyMan, Peter Walker, osullivanm, simon3, David-Guenot, sandman, chalky, Harry Goodman, Fergalh, FrankDempsey, Garmin
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Longitude: -7.732148, Latitude: 55.215746, Easting: 217100, Northing: 441001,
Prominence: 137m, Isolation: 4.6km ITM: 617045 940980 Bedrock type: Whitish quarztite with pebble beds, (Ards Quartzite Formation) Notes on name: The historic 25 inch map calls this place Cashelmore or Cashelmore Fort. It is in the townland of Lurgacloghan, parish of Clondahorky.
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Cshlmr, 10 char: Cashelmore Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1349/
Gallery for Cashelmore (An Caiseal Mór) and surrounds
Summary
for Cashelmore (An Caiseal Mór):
Huge views from a rough heathery top with ringfort.
Summary created by simon3
11 Oct, 2015
Picture: The rough hump that is Cashelmore Fort from the south.
An obvious place to start is at the beginning of a short track A (C17206 40627). This rough but initially cyclable track leads you to rough ground from which is it reasonably easy to reach the top. Note, the top has a recorded ringfort on it. There are a number of animal tracks leading to the top.
There is a huge panorama of 360 degrees of views from this summit including Muckish, Slieve Snaght, the Knockalla Bay, several coastal points and bays. To the SW is the Harry Blaney bridge, built 2009.
Picture: The Knockalla ridge and Mulroy Bay from the top of Lurgacloughan.
A quick up-and-down with nice views.
by David-Guenot
3 Oct 2015
Not much space for a car alongside the road, so I parked near a junction with a dead end at Coshia (C1702 4075), leaving enough room for other vehicles to pass. From there, I headed straight uphill, crossing a track en-route. The only obstacle is a stonewall, but I quickly found a breach and carefully crossed it, too. From there it is a steep but short pull up to the top, following the faint sheeptracks that zigzag through the heather. On top, you will find the ruins of a stone fort and will enjoy some nice views over Lurgacloughan Bay, Mulroy Bay and the Knockalla ridge to the E and SE, Ballyhiernan Bay to the N, the N end of Rosguill and Cnoc na Slea to the W, and the Derryveaghs and Loughsalt Mountain to the S and SW. I came down the same way. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1349/comment/18344/
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