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Derryveagh Mountains Area , Cen: Glenveagh Upper Subarea
Feature count in area: 38, all in Donegal, OSI/LPS Maps: 1, 11, 2, 6
Highest Place: Errigal 751m

Starting Places (29) in area Derryveagh Mountains:
Aleahan Lough, Altderry Bridge, An Chúirt Hotel, Astelleen Burn Waterfall, Derryreel Lough, Dunlewy Lough E, Dunlewy Lough Viewing Point, Errigal Hostel, Errigal Parking, Glenveagh Bridge, Glenveagh National Park SW, Glenveigh Castle, Keel Lough N, Losset North, Lough Acrobane Farmhouse, Lough Ascardan, Lough Barra Slipway CP, Lough Barra W, Meenagoppoge Burn Bridge, Mín Uí Bhaoil, Muckish Gap Shrine, Muckish North Access Road, Nabrackbaddy Lough, Procklis Lough, River Barra Bridge NE, River Barra Bridge SW, Sand Lough NE, Sruhancrolee Bridge, Stranamarragh Bridge

Summits & other features in area Derryveagh Mountains:
Cen: Dooish: Dooish 651.5m, Dooish SW Top 528m, Dooish SE Top 553.9m, Saggartnadooish 506.4m, Saggartnadooish East Top 478.9m
Cen: Errigal: Errigal 751m, Mackoght 555m
Cen: Glenveagh Upper: Crockfadda 485m, Crockfadda East Top 454m, Crockballaghgeeha 480m, Crockmulroney 430m, Staghall Mountain 486m, Croaghnasaggart 480m, Maumlack 480m
Cen: Lough Keel (Meencorwick): Crockglass 489m, Addernymore 416m, Grogan More 457m, Crocknafarragh 517m, Crocknafarragh SE Top 470m
Cen: Slieve Snaght: Crockfadda 529m, Crockfadda NE Top 502m, Crocknasharragh 495m, Drumnalifferny Far NE Top 535m, Bingorms 578m, Drumnalifferny Mountain 596m, Drumnalifferny Mountain NE Top 585m, Slieve Snaght 678m
N: Aghla: Aghla Beg 563.9m, Aghla Beg South Top 602.3m, Aghla More 581.2m, Ardloughnabrackbaddy 472.5m, Crocknalaragagh 470.6m
N: Muckish: Muckish 667.1m, Croaghaderry 222m, Crockawama 238m, Derryreel 232m
S: Doochary: Croaghleconnell 266m
S: Dungloe: Crovehy 315m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Croaghnasaggart, 480m Hill Cruach na Sagart A name in Irish,
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(Ir. Cruach na Sagart [OSI], 'stack of the priests'), Donegal County in Ulster province, in no lists, Cruach na Sagart is the 628th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference B96800 19000, OS 1:50k mapsheet 6
Place visited by: 37 members, recently by: abeach, abcd, trostanite, AlanReid, eamonoc, markmjcampion, cduddy, finkey86, Fergalh, Lucky1, Ulsterpooka, kmoore, melohara, kenmoore, mcrtchly
I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)
Longitude: -8.050813, Latitude: 55.018411, Easting: 196800, Northing: 419000, Prominence: 25m,  Isolation: 1km
ITM: 596750 918984
Bedrock type: Coarse biotite granite & granodiorite, (Main Donegal Granite)

  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Crghns, 10 char: Crghnsgrt

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Picture: Looking across to Croaghnasaggart from the W.
A tale of two summits
by Harry Goodman 9 Jun 2012
On leaving the summit of Staghall Mt. I headed down NNE to pass the left (W) side of L Naweeloge, a substantial expanse of water nestled between Staghall and Croaghnasaggart (Cruach na Sagart) my third top in a round of four on 4 June 2012. (For details of the previous part of the route see my comments on Staghall Mt.) Although the top is shown on the OSi sheet 6 as lying to the E end of the hill at 478m the mv listed top is some 800m further to the W within a 480m ring contour A (B96776 19050) but is unmarked. When there I noticed, some 1k further W, the cairn on Maumlack and, as I had not been on that hill for over twenty years, found myself drawn to pay it a visit by extending my planned route for the day by going out and back. On my return to Croaghnasaggart I continued ENE over it's hummocky, peat hagged flat top, passing a couple of tiny loughs on the way, to reach the high point shown on the OSi sheet Pt. 478. As with the slightly higher W top it was not marked in any way apart from the fact that it seemed to rest on a small triangular shaped hummock of grass/heather B (B97555 19118). In common with nearby Staghall Mt.Croaghnasaggart has a large, mainly flat, peat hagged and rocky plateau. Indeed my best view of it was coming back across from Maumlack where there is at least an impression of some, all be it, modest height. This said the views were excellent with Errigal, Slieve Snaght and Dooish close at hand in a 360 degree sweep. From the E top I went down SW past the E side of L Naweeloge C (B975 183) before climbing up across the flat shoulder of Stagall Mt and then continuing down a good gentle grassy spur. On the way down I saw several deer. Further down the ground became more uneven until I reached the high bank above the Alteann Burn at around D (B974 169). I then turned left (SE) and followed the high bank above the stream down, initially on a gentle gradient, and then at E (B97505 16862), down sharply to where it met a stream flowing down to Lough Beagh. Once across the stream I went up a grassy bank to the Glenveagh National Park track where I turned right and followed it up to the R254. Another right turn along the road soon had me back at my start point for the day. Clearly my descent route from Croaghnasaggart could be used as a route up and down either Staghall Mt or Croaghnasaggart or both. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/510/comment/6852/
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eflanaga on Croaghnasaggart
by eflanaga 6 Nov 2007
Having reached the summit of Cró an Locháin (see for second leg of walk) I decided to bag Croaghnasaggart too, necessitating another short detour passing western edge of a picturesque Loch Naweeloge on way to indistinct summit. Difficult to establish exact top but took reading of 477m at what appeared to be the highest point, although there are a couple of other heights on the broad summit area which might equally lay claim to being the real summit. Next stop was Dooish by way of Ednadooish (see for continuing legs of walk). Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/510/comment/2888/
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