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Feature count in area: 12, by county: Offaly: 8, Laois: 5, of which 1 is in both Laois and Offaly,
OSI/LPS Maps: 54
Highest Place: Arderin 527m
Starting Places (1) in area Slieve Bloom:
General's Road
Summits & other features in area Slieve Bloom:
Cen: Wolftrap Mountain: Carroll's Hill 482m, Castleconor 407m, Stillbrook Hill 514m, Wolftrap Mountain 487m
E: Capard: Baunreaghcong 508.2m, Ridge of Capard 482.1m
S: Arderin: Arderin 527m, Barcam 484m, Farbreague 430m, Garraunbaun 406m
W: Kinnitty: Cumber Hill 316m, Knocknaman 337m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Highest Place: Arderin 527m
Starting Places (1) in area Slieve Bloom:
General's RoadSummits & other features in area Slieve Bloom:
Cen: Wolftrap Mountain: Carroll's Hill 482m, Castleconor 407m, Stillbrook Hill 514m, Wolftrap Mountain 487m
E: Capard: Baunreaghcong 508.2m, Ridge of Capard 482.1m
S: Arderin: Arderin 527m, Barcam 484m, Farbreague 430m, Garraunbaun 406m
W: Kinnitty: Cumber Hill 316m, Knocknaman 337m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Grid Reference N22492 02072, OS 1:50k mapsheet 54
Place visited by: 51 members, recently by: Moirabourke, Arcticaurora, John.geary, Offaly86, finkey86, Wilderness, markwallace, Colin Murphy, abcd, delboyir, High-King, marcellawalking, twilawalking, gearoidd, melohara
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Bedrock type: Pale & red sandstone, grit & claystone, (Cadamstown Formation)
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: CrlsHl, 10 char: Carols Hil
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/508/
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Summary
for Carroll's Hill :
Wet as wet can be
Summary created by jackill
05 Feb, 2013
Go over the barrier and follow the track to B (N21660 01240) where you go left then left again back down the far side of the Glen.
At C (N20720 01671) take the right hand track and make your way to open hillside at D (N21744 01735). Then it's a boggy rutted crossing to the summit cairn.
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peterturner on Carroll's Hill
by peterturner
23 Mar 2008
I climbed Carrolls Hill from the spine of the Slieve Blooms so challenge was low, however the weather was beautiful that day and looking down into Glendossaun and Barcam valleys is quite a view. It was part of a six hour walk that I made that day and I never saw or passed a soul despite being the weekend. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/508/comment/3010/
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csd on Carroll's Hill
by csd
4 Jan 2009
I parked at Glendine Gap and headed first for Barcam, before heading NE to turn left onto the ridge formed by Carroll's Hill. Not quite as clear a day as peterturner had, but nice views nonetheless, especially to the SW over to Mauherslieve. Not much in the way of paths or tracks up here, so you'll get a good workout lifting your legs over the heather. I had the advantage of frozen ground; this would be a pretty miserable trek if it got any wetter underfoot. Another rounded, boggy Slieve Blooms summit ticked off the list! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/508/comment/3507/
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Slieve Bloom Gloom!
by eamonoc
1 Jun 2013
Parked at Glendine Gap, decided to link Barcam and Carroll`s hill as a quick leg stretch in the SlieveBlooms. Leg stretch it was! a tortuous 1hr trek over boggy heathery ground to Carroll`s Hill the only consolation being the weather, it was beautiful. The broad ridge to Carroll`s hill was surprisingly dry in places. This route is best kept for a really dry or frosty day, or find a shorter less arduous route up. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/508/comment/15002/
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A distinguished outlier.
by jlk
2 Sep 2013
Nice to be able to see where you are heading for a change, and not too sodden underfoot. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/508/comment/15168/
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The inside track
by Colin Murphy
3 Sep 2021
This summit has a reputation for its leg-wearying, knee-high heather, however I'm pleased to say that there is an approach that is considerably easier. Upon reaching D (N21744 01735), instead of heading NE directly for the summit, turn north, where you'll see a one-person track through the waist-high reedy grass. This is mucky in places but quite passable. At around E (N2174 0190) this turns east, and although the track seems to disappear every now and then, it's worth persisting as it improves a good deal later. When you reach about 400m altitude, the narrow track is much more defined, and allows for a very easy ascent all the way to the summit, which is marked by two rocks propping each other up. The summit area is a fairly featureless, broad expanse of heather. Whoever is responsible for beating out this track, I thank you! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/508/comment/23258/
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