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Near Italy, Abruzzo ()

Track 4711 Colin Murphy a few minutes ago
Ok, the track I uploaded appears upside down as I forgot to start my AllTrails app recording until I was at the top. I b walk, Len: 1.1km, Climb: 16m, Area: Italy, Abruzzo ()

Carntreena: View in a million

Summit Comment Colin Murphy an hour ago
Descending from Carntreena or Tievealehid towards Gweedore, you are rewarded on a fine day with perhaps one of the finest views of iconic Errigal to be had - especially if the summer wildflowers a...

Dooish SW Top: Direct approach from the north.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy an hour ago
This is usually done in conjunction with Dooish itself, although it may be completed individually. There are a number of places to park on the R251 directly to the north of the top. Proceed south ...

Dooish & Dooish SW

Track 4710 Colin Murphy an hour ago
This route takes in Dooish itself and the South West top and took me approximately 3 hours, although that was at a le... walk, Len: 7.2km, Climb: 505m, Area: An Dubhais, Derryveagh Mountains (Ireland

Owenreagh Hill: The mist comes dropping slow...

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 4 hours ago
I'm paraphrasing Yeats (it's actually 'the peace comes dropping slow'), but I'm moved to verse because an otherwise unremarkable hill was enhanced enormously by the presence of low-lying early mor...

Owenreagh Hill: Simple approach from the north

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 5 hours ago
Parking for a few cars at H42361 97258, which is the entrance to Owenreagh Windfarm. Proceed directly up the substantial track for about 1.5km to H42190 95979 and then leave the track, turning SW ...

Bessy Bell: Simple bag enlivened by nature

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 5 hours ago
Starting at H378804, it's a relatively easy trek up forest tracks the entire way. It's probably 3km from start to summit, over the course of which you gain about 200m elevation, so the slope is ve...

Mullaghcleevaun: Light colours, uncertain future.

Summit Comment simon3 4 days ago
During a heat wave in 2022 this was the view of Mullaghcleevaun seen from the slopes of Kippure to the North East. Overall the colour is much lighter than usual. The purple is of the heather, in v...

Knockboy: What a location (on a fine day!)

Summit Comment hazyview 4 days ago
The most incredible views on the drive up to Priest's Leap. Still squelchy underfoot in parts despite glorious weather. Stick to the fence: we went astray at one stage when we left it.

An easy hike at the Wicklow Gap in County Wexford

Track 4708 jgfitz 4 days ago
walk, Len: 9.0km, Climb: 299m, Area: Annagh Hill, Wicklow (Ireland) Annagh Hill...

Sorrel Hill: View from the north-east.

Summit Comment simon3 4 days ago
This is a view of Sorrel from the north-east.

Inishturk: Inishturk on a fine summer’s day

Summit Comment Tomaquinas 5 days ago
I had the pleasure of visiting this island on one of the nicest days of the year. There were some magnificent views of Croagh Patrick, the Sheefry mountains, Mweelrea and the Bens from our fe...
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Iveragh NW Area   SW: Skelligs Subarea
Place count in area: 18, OSI/LPS Maps: 83, 84 
Highest place: Knocknadobar, 690m
Maximum height for area: 690 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 565 metres,

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Skellig Rock Little Hill An Sceilg Bheag A name in Irish, also Small Skellig an extra name in English Ir. An Sceilg Bheag [GÉ], ‘the little rock’ Kerry County in Munster Province, in Binnion, Irish Islands Lists, Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone Bedrock

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Height: 131m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 83 Grid Reference: V26900 61700
Place visited by 2 members. Recently by: finkey86, DavidWalsh
Island visited by 4 members.
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Longitude: -10.509066, Latitude: 51.781367 , Easting: 26900, Northing: 61700 Prominence: 131m,  Isolation: 2.5km
ITM: 426888 561764,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SklgRc, 10 char: SklgRckLtl
Bedrock type: Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone, (Old Red Sandstone (undifferentiated))

Small Skellig is home to nearly 70,000 gannets,making it the second largest gannet colony in the world. It is a statutory nature reserve. The public is not permitted to land on the island and there is no public access. The word sceilg is probably an early alternative form of speilic, both derived from Latin spelunca, ‘cave, den’, a word sometimes applied to hermit’s dwellings. The change sp- > sc- probably occurred in the early Christian period when Irish had no native words with p, cf. Ir. Cáisc, ‘Easter’, < Latin Pascha. It is no coincidence that two of the best known and earliest recorded instances of sceilg are at 6th century monastic sites with hermitages, namely Skellig Michael and Templenaskellig near St. Kevin’s Bed at Glendalough.   An Sceilg Bheag is the 1489th highest place in Ireland. An Sceilg Bheag is the second most southerly summit and also the second most westerly in the Iveragh NW area.
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