Fauscoum North-West Top 750.1m mountain, Comeragh Mountains Ireland at MountainViews.ie
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Forum: General liz50 a day ago
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Summit Comment Bunsen7 a day ago
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Track 3766 Bunsen7 4 days ago
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Track 3765 osullivanm 4 days ago
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MOUNTAINVIEWS MEMBERS MEET APRIL 2018

Forum: General liz50 a week ago
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Nephin: A looped climb from the North. Stunning views all around!

Summit Comment derkelly274 2 days ago
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Track 3761 David-Guenot a week ago
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Comeragh Mountains Area
Place count in area: 24, OSI/LPS Maps: 74, 75, 81, 82 
Highest place: Fauscoum, 792m
Maximum height for area: 792 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 626 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Fauscoum North-West Top Mountain Fáschom barr thiar thuaidh A name in Irish
Waterford County, in Irish Best Hundred List, Green thick-bedded conglomerate Bedrock

Height: 750.1m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 75 Grid Reference: S30500 11200
Place visited by 73 members. Recently by: Barry28213, sbender, Chance, PaulNolan, David-Guenot, GerLeahy, oakesave, markwallace, sammullangalvin, DeltaP, DenisMc, odonovansf, 3K_Fters, ilenia, Wilderness
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Longitude: -7.554141, Latitude: 52.252155 , Easting: 230500, Northing: 111200 Prominence: 13.5m,  Isolation: 1km
ITM: 630442 611253,   GPS IDs, 6 char: FscmNr, 10 char: FscmNrthWs
Bedrock type: Green thick-bedded conglomerate, (Treanearla Formation)

Referred to as Curraghduff in the original Vandeleur-Lynam list, though this appears to be the townland name (OSI 6). One possible translation of Curraghduff is Black round hill(Loganim.ie)   Fauscoum North-West Top is the 78th highest place in Ireland.
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