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GR 92: Estartit to l'Escala

Track 5305 BrianKennan 12 hours ago
walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 295m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Meikle Bin: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days 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...

GR 92: Roses to Cadaques

Track 5304 BrianKennan 12 hours ago
walk, Len: 22.3km, Climb: 690m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Cort-ma Law East Top: Do not climb in the rain !

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Ricket Hill headed south over boggy ground. Luckily the difficult middle section which was very wet was mangeable and i did not have Jackills difficulties. The trig pillar for Cort ma La...

GR 92: Cadaques to Port de la Selva

Track 5303 BrianKennan 12 hours ago
walk, Len: 22.5km, Climb: 740m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Lecket Hill: Short trek to summit of around 2 Km from Crow road

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
Parked to the left on crow road and followed track up hill over boggy ground. thankfully it was dry for a week beforehand so the track was easy enough. Nice views from summit of both Meikle b...

GR 92: Torroella de Montgri to Begur

Track 5302 BrianKennan 12 hours ago
walk, Len: 29.0km, Climb: 405m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Great Knock: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Bron Knoe head to the gate quite close below. Go through and pick up rough track this leads down before a final short sharp climb up to summit marked by some stones. Extensive views of h...

Little Bin: Tough little climb

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days 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...

Brown Knowe: Straight forward track to the summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Broad Law East top go through gate and follow quad bike tracks down hill parallel to the wall and fence. A short veer off to the west just before the fence in front leads to the top mark...

Costa Brava: Estartit to Torroella de Montgri

Track 5301 BrianKennan 12 hours ago
walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 377m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Silvermines Hydro Project

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Mourne Mountains Area   Cen: Loughshannagh Subarea
Place count in area: 59, OSI/LPS Maps: 20, 29, EW-CLY 
Highest place: Slieve Donard, 849m
Maximum height for area: 849 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 821 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Doan Mountain Dún Maol Chobha A name in Irish (Ir. Dún Maol Chobha [PNNI], 'Maol Chobha's fort') Down County in NI and in Ulster Province, in Arderin List, Granite granophyre Bedrock

Height: 592.6m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 29 Grid Reference: J30226 26215
Place visited by 411 members. Recently by: KellyA, agakilbride, Ansarlodge, Padraigin, PaulC93, doopa, Sarahjb, Sperrinwalker, knightsonhikes, discovering_dann, SeanPurcell, derekfanning, bowler, jjbireland700s, trostanite
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Longitude: -6.006784, Latitude: 54.168443 , Easting: 330226, Northing: 326216 Prominence: 118.55m,  Isolation: 1.1km
ITM: 730146 826221,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Doan, 10 char: Doan
Bedrock type: Granite granophyre, (Mourne Mountains granite)

There is no record of an actual fort here, so the name probably comes from the imagined resemblence of the craggy summit to a fortress. For origin of name, see PNNI for info on Maol Chobha.   Doan is the 312th highest place in Ireland.
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Lough Shannagh View .. by Aidy   (Show all for Doan (Dún Maol Chobha))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Doan (<i>Dún Maol Chobha</i>) in area Mourne Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Doan viewed from Slieve Loughshannagh		  
Doan Silhouette
by simon3  27 May 2023
Walkers on Doan with the silhouette of Slieve Binnian North Tor.
The Mournes is full of distant interesting alignments. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/290/comment/23957/
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Doan is a fantastic-looking mountain, appearing l .. by csd   (Show all for Doan (Dún Maol Chobha))
 
Doan is a lovely mountain to walk up to. From Me .. by midge_hater   (Show all for Doan (Dún Maol Chobha))
 
Climbed this old favourite again yesterday (17.09 .. by Priestlp   (Show all for Doan (Dún Maol Chobha))
 
Heading for Ben Crom Dam from Slieve Meelbeg on o .. by mneary34   (Show all for Doan (Dún Maol Chobha))
 
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