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GR 92: Torroella de Montgri to Begur

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

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Summit Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
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Track 5301 BrianKennan a week ago
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Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
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Summit Comment Fergalh 2 weeks ago
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Track 5300 simon3 a week ago
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Track 5292 simon3 a week ago
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Cort-ma Law East Top: Do not climb in the rain !

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 weeks 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...

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Summit Comment Fergalh 2 weeks ago
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Track 5299 Onzy a week ago
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Great Knock: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 weeks ago
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Mourne Mountains Area   N: Croob 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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Slieve Croob Mountain Sliabh Crúibe A name in Irish Ir. Sliabh Crúibe [DUPN], 'lump-mountain’ [PDT] Down County in NI and in Ulster Province, in Arderin List, Mudstone, greywacke & conglomerate Bedrock

Height: 534m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 20 Grid Reference: J31847 45378
Place visited by 250 members. Recently by: s.duffy, patrickcampbel76, PrzemekPanczyk, PaulC93, Sperrinwalker, SenanFoley, discovering_dann, farmerjoe1, Ansarlodge, bowler, jjbireland700s, Gavsmi33, AlanReid, Lyner, noelcurt
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Longitude: -5.973396, Latitude: 54.340056 , Easting: 331847, Northing: 345378 Prominence: 439m,  Isolation: 1.1km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 731778 845378,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvCrb, 10 char: SlvCrob
Bedrock type: Mudstone, greywacke & conglomerate, (Deep marine turbidite sequence)

The River Lagan rises on the northern slopes of Slieve Croob. The three parishes of Magherahamlet, Kilmegan and Drumgooland converge on the summit, which has excellent panoramic views, including a particularly fine view of the northern peaks in the Mourne Mountains. Until the mid-20th century, there was a tradition of climbing the mountain on Blaeberry Sunday at the end of July or beginning of August. This is clearly a survival of a Lughnasa tradition [see MacNeill, 155-56]. The summit cairn is locally known as the Twelve Cairns, but this seems to be a relatively modern name arising from damage causing the break-up of a single cairn into several smaller heaps. The name Slieve Croob has been interpreted as ‘mountain of the hoof’ from Ir. Sliabh Crúibe [DUPN]. However, there seems to be nothing in local folklore to support this, nor in the mountain’s shape. It is likely that the second element is Brittonic in origin and is related to Welsh crwb, meaning ‘lump’ or ‘hump’. This fits better with the topography and also accords with the fact that Cratlieve, a western satellite has the same meaning, containing crot, an Irish word also meaning ‘hump’. Two townlands on the northern slopes are called Drin and Dree, probably also of Brittonic origin, cf. Welsh dring ‘ascent, slope’. Dree is of the same origin as Drin, but the different form has arisen by loss of -ng- and compensatory lengthening, cf. Belcoo < Béal Cú < Béal Cúnga. It is possible that Drin and Dree were once a single unit.   Slieve Croob is the 464th highest place in Ireland. Slieve Croob is the most northerly summit in the Mourne Mountains area.
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Telecoms towers and hidden wildness. .. by group   (Show all for Slieve Croob (Sliabh Crúibe))
 
'A' road to a view .. by chrizoneill   (Show all for Slieve Croob (Sliabh Crúibe))
 
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tsunami on Slieve Croob, 2004
by tsunami  30 Sep 2004
Definitely one of the best 360deg views anywhere in the country. The broad span of the Mournes can be clearly seen from the picture with many of the high peaks identifiable (L-R: Donard, Commedagh, Binnian, Doan, Bearnagh, Meelbeg, Meelmore, Muck. And what I assume is Eagle Mt and Shanlieve on the far right). The problem with Croobs wonderful positioning though also means it provides one of the best opportunities for telecommunications! Much like Black Mountain in the Cooley's, the effects of having a tarmac road all the way to the top are all too evident in the state of the cairn in the picture, a problem also evident with Clermont Cairn on Black Mountain. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/388/comment/1213/
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Climbed Slieve Croob from Drumkerragh Forest. Thi .. by mneary34   (Show all for Slieve Croob (Sliabh Crúibe))
 
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