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Knockalla: Anticlockwise loop walk.

Summit Comment Wilderness less than an hour ago
I parked in-between the school and the church and accessed these hills by taking the lane which leads up to the cross and grotto. 26283522. There is some room for parking along this lane too. I wa...

Bloody Foreland: Easy going walk.

Summit Comment Wilderness a day ago
I parked in the view point car park at Point E. From here the best way to access this hill is to walk down the main road a bit , and then turn right up a lane that leads to a small transmitte...

Tonduff: Some nice views, but unexciting summit

Summit Comment michaelseaver a day ago
Climbed Tonduff as part of circuit that included War Hill and Djouce. Parked in Crone Woods and followed the forest paths towards Maulin, then cut across a boggy path to Tonduff East Top and ...

Slieve Carn: Working Bog and Wind Farm

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
Having read the comments about the approach from the East side, I followed a warren of roads on the West side of the hill and ended up parking at M29230 89101. From here I followed the approa...

Windfarm eases access

Track 4886 Colin Murphy 2 days ago
Approaching from Belhavel Lough, Google Maps directed me up a badly deteriorated road – only drivable with care t... walk, Len: 9.2km, Climb: 532m, Area: Lackagh Mountain, Dartry Mountains (Irela|...

Access via rocky trail

Track 4887 Colin Murphy 2 days ago
Parking for a couple of cars at start point. Continue N up tarred road, and around a bend, watching for a stony track... walk, Len: 5.7km, Climb: 401m, Area: Benbo, Dartry Mountains (Ireland) Benbo||

Carranarah: Electric Dreams

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
Followed the route mentioned by three5four0. The lane appears to be quite overgrown in parts now, but it's actually easy enough to push through. There is an extensive network of electric fenc...

Bockagh Hill: Short but Hard Bag.

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
Took the approach mentioned by Fergalh. There is room to squeeze a car at the mast. Then head North up the road for a few hundred metres looking for the summit cross on the left. Once you see...

Mullaghanoe: Forest harvesting and mast compound

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
The route already mentioned seems to be the only logical way to approach this very bland hill. I drove as far as far as a forest barrier and even though it was open I still decided to walk fr...

Minneapolis: Minnihaha creek walk

Track 4885 Onzy 3 days ago
Urban park in Minneapolis... walk, Len: 3.1km, Climb: 61m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Benbo: A small but interesting Hill

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 2 days ago
Park at G860366, forestry entrance gate. Walk NE for about 200 metres and as the road swings left look for an entrance on to a muddy lane bounded on each side by a corrugated iron sheet. As o...

Lackagh Mountain: Access via windfarm

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 2 days ago
One approach - and probably the easiest - is via Tullynamoyle Windfarm. There is parking for multiple cars at G90716 30170, although the road up to here is just barely driveable and care is n...
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Twelve Bens Area   SE: Glencoaghan Loop Subarea
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Benlettery Mountain Binn Leitrí A name in Irish, also Bendouglas an extra name in English (Ir. Binn Leitrí [TR], 'peak of the wet hillsides') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin List, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock

Height: 577m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 44 Grid Reference: L77546 49537
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Longitude: -9.845263, Latitude: 53.481824 , Easting: 77546, Northing: 249537 Prominence: 62m,  Isolation: 1.1km
ITM: 477525 749562,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bnltry, 10 char: Benlettery
Bedrock type: Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top, (Bennabeola Quartzite Formation)

The townland of Lettery (Leitrí, 'wet hillsides') is on the S slopes of this mountain. The alternative name Bindowglass or Bendouglas (Binn Dúghlais, 'peak of the black stream') is recorded as early as 1684 by Roderic O'Flaherty. Note that both names refer to the wet state of the mountain. O'Flaherty mentions a pool of water on the summit which turns the hair white of anyone who washes in it. In the days before accurate measurements of altitude, he erroneously believed that Bindowglass was the highest of the Twelve Bens and was two miles high. This misconception was corrected by James Hardiman, who edited O'Flaherty's work in 1846, aware that the Ordnance Survey had found that Ben Corr and Ben Bawn exceed it in height by several hundred feet (O'Flaherty, 107).   Benlettery is the 346th highest place in Ireland. Benlettery is the most southerly summit in the Twelve Bens area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Benlettery (<i>Binn Leitrí</i>) in area Twelve Bens, Ireland
Picture: Benlettery from the north		  
Most southerly Ben is a beautiful, rugged summit
Short Summary created by simon3, aidand, Colin Murphy  17 Feb 2020
Taking the N59 to Clifden, there are two places to start from. Near L75873 48578 starA there is a car parking and a stile to start you off. It is then possible to go up a prominent ridge extending NE towards Benlettery. We recommend this route, particularly after heavy rain and particularly when descending.
It is also possible to start near on the road outside the Benlettery Hostel, at Grid L777 483 starB. Walk up to the hostel and take the stile on your left. Proceed in a NNW direction for about 1km, the grassy terrain mostly firm underfoot, but uneven at times, the incline becoming steeper as you ascend.
When you reach point L773 493 starC continue north for a few hundred metres and then turn NE at 773 497 starD, which will take you to the col to the north of the summit, and which has a narrow rocky track leading all the way to the top.
Ascent will take 1.5 - 2 hours depending on the route you choose.
The top has magnificent views over the lakes of southern Connemara and also of the nearer members of the Twelve Bens. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/315/comment/5075/
 
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Benlettery from Bengower. This picture hints at .. by simon3   (Show all for Benlettery (Binn Leitrí))
 
Climbed this on 15.02.2003. Parked at the car par .. by csd   (Show all for Benlettery (Binn Leitrí))
 
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