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Muckish: Muckish for the Summits On The Air (SOTA)

Summit Comment Claybird007 14 hours ago
Muckish Mountain stands at over 2100 feet in the range of mountains know as the Derryveagh Mountains in North Donegal. The flat top gives a very large activation zone, actually covering two W...

Glan Mountain: A Glan rocker......

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 days ago
Parked at 546993 and walked up track to base of hill. Crossed fence and headed up short slope. Ground here and on summit is a mixture of gorse, burnt gorse and bog. No marker for summit in fl...

Easy walk, with nice views towards Eagle Island

Track 4839 eamonoc 3 days ago
walk, Len: 1.5km, Climb: 16m, Area: Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland) ||

Sea Hill: Surprisingly good sea views from this hill

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 days ago
Parked at 515997 with plenty of parking and followed mucky track to end at field. Then I headed south west through two fields to 516991 where there is mucky track to brow of hill. At this poi...

Beenbane: Borreen to heaven

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 days ago
Parked at 467988 at end of lane. Followed narrow borreen into field and crossed over this to fence. Climb over and through the gate to non descript high point with great views of the cliffs n...

Typical wet North Mayo Coastal Hill

Track 4838 eamonoc 3 days ago
walk, Len: 2.1km, Climb: 85m, Area: Illanbaun Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland)...

Slieve Fyagh: Gaiter day out

Summit Comment eamonoc 3 days ago
Fairly wet underfoot on this One

Carrigshouk: Lovely loop

Summit Comment 500plusclub a week ago
Lovely loop up one side and down the other . On a clear day you have a great view north and south.

Kilcommon from the west

Track 4840 eamonoc 3 days ago
walk, Len: 1.7km, Climb: 46m, Area: Kilcommon Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland)...

A Cone with a view

Track 4837 eamonoc 3 days ago
walk, Len: 3.2km, Climb: 130m, Area: Cone Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland) Con...

Bweengduff: The Shiddy Way?

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
This isn't a particularly interesting hill, although after a prolonged rainy period, I did see multiple gushing streams on my walk, some of them having flooded sections of the forest track. T...

Bweengduff: A good forest road to access this summit

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
Park at a forest entrance W46444 88741, room for 5 cars. Follow the track into the forest , along the Duhallow way, taking the second left, then the first right, then second left then first r...
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Mourne Mountains Area   W: Spelga Subarea
Place count in area: 58, OSI/LPS Maps: 20, 29 
Highest place: Slieve Donard, 849m
Maximum height for area: 849 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 821 metres,

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Hen Mountain Hill Sliabh na Circe A name in Irish Ir. Sliabh na Circe [PNNI3], ‘mountain of the hen’ Down County in NI and in Ulster Province, in Local/Historical/Cultural List

Height: 354m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 29 Grid Reference: J24530 27608
Place visited by 99 members. Recently by: Paddym99, garybuz, ElaineM76, Kirsty, annem, jonto1983, wintersmick, cmcv10, abptraining, Hyperstorm, archmeister, Dave68, Bob-the-juggler, Colin Murphy, pcman
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Longitude: -6.09336, Latitude: 54.182319 , Easting: 324530, Northing: 327608 Prominence: 83m,  Isolation: 1.1km
ITM: 724452 827609,   GPS IDs, 6 char: HnMntn, 10 char: HnMntn


Hen Mountain is the lower neighbour of Cock Mountain. Other peaks in the area named after birds are Eagle Mountain and Pigeon Rock Mountain. The tors on Hen Mountain offer some scope for rock climbing. The Glack is a saddle between Cock Mountain and Hen Mountain. Ir. glac/glaic denotes the grasp of a clutching hand or the gap and is one of many anatomical terms applied to the Irish landscape.   Hen Mountain is the 1051th highest place in Ireland.
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The Mournes in miniature .. by group   (Show all for Hen Mountain (Sliabh na Circe))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Hen Mountain (<i>Sliabh na Circe</i>) in area Mourne Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Seen from the neighbouring Cock Mountain		  
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by Colin Murphy  19 Jul 2021
The huge rocky outcrops capping this small summit more than make up for its small scale. Not on any of the main lists, but well worthy of a visit nonetheless. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1388/comment/23213/
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Fun in the Fog on Hen .. by Pepe   (Show all for Hen Mountain (Sliabh na Circe))
 
A little hill with some personality. .. by David-Guenot   (Show all for Hen Mountain (Sliabh na Circe))
 
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