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Track 5283 Peter Walker 3 hours ago
An underrated component of the hillwalker's skillset is resilience. You can be navigationally competent (after 40 odd... walk, Len: 13.4km, Climb: 660m, Area: Croaghnageer East Top, Bluestack Mountai

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Track 5282 ceadeile 20 hours ago
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Summit Comment Colin Murphy 3 days ago
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Track 5281 Colin Murphy 3 days ago
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Blackstairs Mountain: Good access and a great viewpoint above a patchwork quilt

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 3 days ago
Just S of Mt. Leinster, Blackstairs Mt. is a prominent hill on the main ridge separating Carlow & Wexford. Views are good in all directions, mostly over flatlands, but dominated by the peak o...

Grieve Hill: Summit position recently revised.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 6 days ago
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Summit Comment hibby a week ago
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Track 5279 markwallace a week ago
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Brown Mountain: Granite - mica schist boundary

Summit Comment hibby a week ago
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South Clare Area   SW: Kilkee Subarea
Place count in area: 2, OSI/LPS Maps: 63 
Highest place: Moveen Hill, 136m
Maximum height for area: 136 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 119 metres,

Places in area South Clare:
SW: Kilkee:   Moveen Hill 136mOldtown Hill 127m

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

Height: 127m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 63 Grid Reference: Q81400 55000
Place visited by 11 members. Recently by: chelman7, DeirdreM, oakesave, markmjcampion, thomas_g, liz50, conormcbandon, chalky, eamonoc, sandman, Fergalh
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Longitude: -9.752479, Latitude: 52.633635 , Easting: 81400, Northing: 155000 Prominence: 100m,  Isolation: 5km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 481376 655043,   GPS IDs, 6 char: OldtHl, 10 char: OldtwnHil
Bedrock type: Sandstone, siltstone & mudstone, (Central Clare Group)

Oldtown Hill is the second highest hill in the South Clare area and the 1501th highest in Ireland. Oldtown Hill is the most southerly summit in the South Clare area and also the most westerly.
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Loop Head Area.
by sandman  30 Jun 2014
A small hill situated in the Loop Head Area with fine costal views of the ocean and the Shannon Estuary and well worth exploring the costal route .The entrance to the summit area is located at a mast road Q8149254979 starA very short walk to high point. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1369/comment/17520/
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by Fergalh  12 Aug 2014
Park at (Q8149254979 starA )at entrance to field. short walk to mast just behind mast is high point Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1369/comment/15957/
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