A popular starting point is the car park on the Slievenaman Road J280 279 A. Cross the road and once over the stile go SE along a good track. About 150m along, at a fork, go right and follow the track uphill to its end before heading E up to the col J291 268 B between Carn and Slieveloughshannagh. Cross the stile over the Mourne Wall and contour around NE along a stony track to about J296 269 C some 500m along. Leave the track and go SE down to cross a broad boggy saddle and then gently up through some peat hags and sandy ground to pick up a track J300 268 D going ESE more steeply uphill. In good conditions the line of the track is clear to see and leads directly towards the top. Once the rocky summit area is reached the easiest line to take is to go around to the left before finally climbing up over the rocks to the top. The view from the top is a 360 degree panorama sweeping around from the Silent Valley Reservoir W to Slieve Muck and along past Carn, Slieveloughshannagh, Meelbeg,Meelmore, Bernagh, before turning E to Slievelamagan and the vast bulk of Binnian. A magnificent place to simply sit and enjoy. Return by way of ascent. Alternatively start at the Banns Road car park J284215 E and follow the track N to L Shannagh. Go around its E side and then climb up NE to the ridge before making for the top. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/290/comment/5050/