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Milane Hill: Not inviting but OK

Summit Comment rhw 3 days ago
From WNW, No Parking in front of gate but room beside it or just to NE, other gates to NE have prohibition signs. This gate says Private, but no prohibition, just a No Liability sign higher u...

Slievemore: Less prickly from North

Summit Comment rhw 3 days ago
Access to peak from due N via farm gate (no adverse signage), track and cattle paths, via N summit to S summit (hand level says S is c1m higher). We descended this way having reached S peak f...

GR 92: Estartit to l'Escala

Track 5305 BrianKennan a week ago
walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 295m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Silvermines Hydro Project

Forum: General Bunsen7 2 months ago
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Knocknagree East Top: Fine top with good access mostly on trail

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 6 days ago
Usually done in conjunction with other tops such as Knocknagree itself, but this rather remote top may be done in isolation from, for example, the south. Parking for several cars to be had on...

GR 92: Roses to Cadaques

Track 5304 BrianKennan a week ago
walk, Len: 22.3km, Climb: 690m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Mount Gabriel: Simple and stunning

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 6 days ago
Can there be an easier summit to bag in Ireland, which also offers such amazing, expansive views? Unlikely. Drove almost to the top, walked 30m to trig pillar atop rocky outcrop, spent ten mi...

GR 92: Cadaques to Port de la Selva

Track 5303 BrianKennan a week ago
walk, Len: 22.5km, Climb: 740m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Coomnalack Top: Lacks for nothing

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 6 days ago
Often done in conjunction with other tops like Coomnadiha, but may also be done in isolation. One approach is possible from the north, parking at Gleninquachin Park at V85686 62266. This is p...

Little Bin: Tough little climb

Summit Comment Fergalh a week ago
Looking down on this from Meilke Bin it looked easy but it was not at all. I went north of Meikle bin and than followed the path which lead between Meile Bin and Little Bin. At the lowest poi...

GR 92: Torroella de Montgri to Begur

Track 5302 BrianKennan a week ago
walk, Len: 29.0km, Climb: 405m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Meikle Bin: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh a week ago
From Cort Ma Law East Top i headed north east over wet tusocky ground to the edge of the forest south of Meikle Bin. At the lowest point just west of Black Hill i entered the forest. A wet an...
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Maamturks Area   S: Maumturks South Subarea
Place count in area: 27, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, 38, 44, 45, EW-CON 
Highest place: Binn idir an dá Log, 702m
Maximum height for area: 702 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 629 metres,

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Binn Mhór Mountain (Ir. Binn Mhór [TR], 'great peak') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock

Height: 660.6m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 44 Grid Reference: L91841 49350
Place visited by 342 members. Recently by: compassman, jeb, chelman7, DeirdreM, StJohn, Jimmel357, Blackstar, Paddym99, garybuz, mdehantschutter, Tuigamala, Josephineobrien, Oscar-mckinney, Kirsty, rosduke
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Longitude: -9.630013, Latitude: 53.483253 , Easting: 91841, Northing: 249351 Prominence: 406m,  Isolation: 0.7km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 491815 749373,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BnMhór, 10 char: Binn Mhór
Bedrock type: Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top, (Bennabeola Quartzite Formation)

Binn Mhór overlooks Mám Éan. This is the site of a pattern held annually on the last Sunday of July, known locally as Domhnach Mhám Éan and as Domhnach Chrom Dubh (MacNeill, 123). It is also visited on St. Patrick's Day and Good Friday. Roderic O'Flaherty wrote in 1684: At Mam-en, there springs out of a stone a litle water, named from St. Patrick, which is a present remedy against murrein in cattel, not only applyed, but alsoe as soon as tis sent for they begin to have ease. next Mam-en are the mountains of Corcoga, in the confines of Balynahynsy [Ballynahinch], Ross and Moycullin countreys, where the fat deere is frequently hunted; whereof no high mountain in the barony of Balynahinsy, or the half barony of Rosse is destitude (O'Flaherty, 121-22). This peak has been called Shannakeala.   Binn Mhór is the third highest mountain in the Maamturks area and the 180th highest in Ireland.
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Picture: The impressive N slopes, as seen from the Western Way.		  
Some cliffs !!
by David-Guenot  6 Jun 2016
Thought I should share this pic of the N cliffs of Binn Mhor, taken from the Western Way, on the way back from my walk along the Eastern Maumturks (see track 3238). No wonder its name as this is an impressive mountain from both S and N sides. An interesting feature of this ridge is the contrast between the green pastures and hills to the N and the immense surface of rough bogland and its myriad of lakes to the S. Note that the light was much better on the way back from that angle. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/172/comment/18562/
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