Leenaun Hill, An Meall Dubh 618m mountain, Maamturks N: Leenaun Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Maamturks Area N: Leenaun 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,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Leenaun Hill Mountain An Meall Dubh A name in Irish (Ir. An Meall Dubh [TR*], 'black knoll') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Siltstone & sandstone Bedrock

Height: 618m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L87432 59343
Place visited by 292 members. Recently by: Kaszmirek78, JoHeaney, Krzysztof_K, maitiuocoimin, bagoff, farmerjoe, Shox, ToughSoles, NualaB, Ansarlodge, markv, Wes, Blackstar, DNicholson, owen
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Longitude: -9.69999, Latitude: 53.572067 , Easting: 87432, Northing: 259343 Prominence: 363m, Isolation: 1.5km
ITM: 487406 759363, GPS IDs, 6 char: LnnHl, 10 char: Lenaun Hil
Bedrock type: Siltstone & sandstone, (Lough Muck Formation)

Walks: see Paddy Dillon, Connemara, 80-85, for a route to the summit from Leenaun village. Sometimes called Bunnaviskaun. Leenaun Hill is the 257th highest place in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/246/

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Stunning Views over Leenaun and Killary Harbour .. by group (Show all for Leenaun Hill (An Meall Dubh))

Landowner sign " No Hillwalkers allowed " .. by Rossie73 (Show all for Leenaun Hill (An Meall Dubh))

A relatively easy walk without too many rocky sec .. by robhoward (Show all for Leenaun Hill (An Meall Dubh))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Leenaun Hill (<i>An Meall Dubh</i>) in area Maamturks, Ireland

Picture: looking a bit S of E towards leenaun hill

From the top of The Col of Despondency

by aburden 8 Jan 2022

Up the Col of Despondency and turned East to follow hags to high point ( cairn ) in distance Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/246/comment/6255/

Starting and ending at 615882 I, just a coup .. by colin murphy (Show all for Leenaun Hill (An Meall Dubh))

3 of us climbed it from a point 1 mile from Leena .. by emaxwell (Show all for Leenaun Hill (An Meall Dubh))

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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