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Feature count in area: 10, all in Mayo,
OSI/LPS Maps: 37, MSW
Highest Place: Barrclashcame 772m
Starting Places (21) in area Sheeffry Hills:
Aasleagh Waterfall CP, Ben Creggan N, Delphi Resort, Doo Lough N, Doo Lough SE, Drummin NS, Glencullin Lough CP, Glendavock, Glennacally Bridge, Glenummera River, Laghta Eighter, Laghta Eighter Hill NE, N59 Junction, Otter Pool, Owen Lackagh, Owenduff River, Paddy's Place, Sheeffry Pass, Sruhaunpollanoughty, Tawnyard Lough, Tawnycrower
Summits & other features in area Sheeffry Hills:
E: Glenlaur: Laghta Eighter Hill 388m, Tawny Rower 510m, Tawnyard 436m, Tievnabinnia 742m, Tievnabinnia East Top 590m, Tievnabinnia SE Top 525m
W: Doo Lough: Barrclashcame 772m, Barrclashcame North-West Top 580m, Tievummera Highpoint 760.3m, Tievummera Trig 759.6m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Highest Place: Barrclashcame 772m
Starting Places (21) in area Sheeffry Hills:
Aasleagh Waterfall CP, Ben Creggan N, Delphi Resort, Doo Lough N, Doo Lough SE, Drummin NS, Glencullin Lough CP, Glendavock, Glennacally Bridge, Glenummera River, Laghta Eighter, Laghta Eighter Hill NE, N59 Junction, Otter Pool, Owen Lackagh, Owenduff River, Paddy's Place, Sheeffry Pass, Sruhaunpollanoughty, Tawnyard Lough, TawnycrowerSummits & other features in area Sheeffry Hills:
E: Glenlaur: Laghta Eighter Hill 388m, Tawny Rower 510m, Tawnyard 436m, Tievnabinnia 742m, Tievnabinnia East Top 590m, Tievnabinnia SE Top 525m
W: Doo Lough: Barrclashcame 772m, Barrclashcame North-West Top 580m, Tievummera Highpoint 760.3m, Tievummera Trig 759.6m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Grid Reference L83829 70035, Mapsheet(s): MSW, 37
Place visited by: 134 members, recently by: abeach, jackos, JordanF1, jlk, farmerjoe1, Jimmy600leavey, DeirdreM, finkey86, srr45, SeanPurcell, Carolineswalsh, Niamhq, bryanjbarry, Kaszmirek78, Carolyn105
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Bedrock type: Mudrock, sandstone, tuff, (Sheeffry Formation)
Notes on name: This peak is named Storikeen nageer on on William Bald's map of Co. Mayo (1830). Previously in MV: Clashcame North-West.
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: BrclNr, 10 char: BrclshNrth
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/312/
Gallery for Barrclashcame North-West Top (Starraicín na gCaor) and surrounds
Summary
for Barrclashcame North-West Top (Starraicín na gCaor):
Overshadowed summit with good views.
Summary created by simon3
24 Jun, 2010
Easy access and parking is available from the R335 around A (L827 697). The ground is steep, rough but feasible more or less straight up from there to the top.
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I Barrclashcame, I saw, I conquered.
by madfrankie
14 Apr 2011
Firstly, apologies for the excruciating pun in the title!
This northern outlier of the Sheefrys is a surprisingly tough haul from the road in Doolough where there are several places to park roadside, for instance B (L82480 69761). It took a sweaty hour and 15 minutes up the relentlessly steep NW spur and it really doesn't level off until 50m from the summit.
From the summit there is a seldom-seen perspective of Croagh Patrick, behind Tangincartoor.
On the descent, I was able to bum-slide much of the way down - 30 seconds is about the maximum time per run, before heat friction reaches uncomfortable levels! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/312/comment/6302/
This northern outlier of the Sheefrys is a surprisingly tough haul from the road in Doolough where there are several places to park roadside, for instance B (L82480 69761). It took a sweaty hour and 15 minutes up the relentlessly steep NW spur and it really doesn't level off until 50m from the summit.
From the summit there is a seldom-seen perspective of Croagh Patrick, behind Tangincartoor.
On the descent, I was able to bum-slide much of the way down - 30 seconds is about the maximum time per run, before heat friction reaches uncomfortable levels! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/312/comment/6302/
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Excursion to the NW
by gerrym
14 Apr 2011
Clashcarne NW Top is not surprisingly eclipsed by its towering neighbours but it is worth taking in from the summit of Clashcarne or could easily be used as part of a circuit from Doo Lough. From Clashcarne it is a drop down NW some 600ft to the col with the NW Top. The initial part of this drop is over very steep ground with rocks and scree so caution is needed but this soon eases to grass and it is a short climb upto the summit. There are perhaps better views of Mwreela here as can see into the corrie and the length of Doo Lough. There are also good views out to sea to the various islands and east along the Sheefrys. Surprisingly it took about the same time to reascend Clashcarne (30 mins) Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/312/comment/1117/
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Unparalleled beauty
by Colin Murphy
24 Jul 2013
Parked at viewing point lay-by at C (L824 699), which is marked by a memorial to the Doolough Tragedy. We headed directly east for 1.5km and the ground starts to rise sharply almost immediately and is tough going - long grass hiding multiple holes etc. It eases somewhat after a couple of hundred metres and the terrain is more navigable, short grass and rocky underfoot. A few hundred metres before the summit it becomes steep once more, but is solid enough going. The top is quite well defined and marked by a small rocky outcrop. We climbed during the recent heatwave and it was like hillwalking in Spain (except a lot greener!). Deep blue skies to the horizon, the loughs below equally blue, and on such a day it is as magnificent as any scenery you'll find on the planet, with Doo Lough and Glencullin Lough sweeping the length of the valley below us, and from the summit Croagh Patrick rising through the haze to the north. It is interesting to note, geologically speaking, that the two loughs were evidently one at some point in the distant past, as can clearly be seen on a fine day, the material that now divides them having been swept down in a massive glacial slide from the Sruhauncullinmore Valley.
1.5 hours to the summit, although the heat slowed us down considerably. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/312/comment/15045/
1.5 hours to the summit, although the heat slowed us down considerably. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/312/comment/15045/
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Rocky top
by Colin Murphy
24 Jul 2013
Pic shows the rocky outcrop that marks the summit, complete with Aussie celebrating her first Irish ascent! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/312/comment/15046/
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