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Cullaghacro Hill Coileach an Chró A name in Irish Ir. Coileach an Chró [logainm.ie], 'moorcock/grouse of the round
hollow’
Donegal County in Ulster Province, in Carn List, Quartz & feldspar pebbles, green matrix Bedrock

Height: 476m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 11 Grid Reference: G89580 90899
Place visited by 39 members. Recently by: srr45, gdg, wicklore, gerrym, ilenia, eamonoc, Peter Walker, mountainmike, Reeks2011, liz50, millsd1, Geo, markmjcampion, dodser, Lauranna
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Longitude: -8.162647, Latitude: 54.765884 , Easting: 189580, Northing: 390899 Prominence: 31m,  Isolation: 1.1km
ITM: 589532 890889,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Clg476, 10 char: Culaghacro
Bedrock type: Quartz & feldspar pebbles, green matrix, (Lough Mourne Formation)

This peak, a western spur of Silver Hill, is in the townland of Cronacarkfree (Ir. Cró na gCearc Fraoigh, 'round hollow of the grouse-hens').   Cullaghacro is the 646th highest place in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Cullaghacro (<i>Coileach an Chró</i>) in area Bluestack Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Coming down from the summit.
 
Worth Adding To Multi-Summit Walk
by Aidy  15 Feb 2016
My third summit of the day after Binnasruell and Silver Hill, and after months of virtual inactivity over a very wet few months, it had been a harder walk than I'd expected over already difficult ground left sodden over the previous prolonged rains. It had been freezing cold too regardless of the sunny day. Despite it all, it was exhilarating to be out again, and the weather, with sun breaking through occasional clouds, showed the landscape at its best. Cullaghacro was also easy to take in on the way back to the car (see comment for Binnasruell for starting point), and it was a short drop down from Silver Hill, and an even shorter climb up to the summit marked by a small cairn. My feet were so wet at this stage that I was impervious to the boggy ground, and there was no point in skirting pools - straight through now as I couldn't get any wetter. As on the earlier summits, nothing could dampen my spirits, and Cullaghacro opened up fresh views despite its small stature. It was then another boggy stretch to the windmills below, where I could take advantage of the access road, glad of the dry, even ground for a spell. I stayed on it for a short distance before heading almost directly south up on the Binnasruell ridge again, then descending to the car with its welcome heater. Great to be back in the mountains. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/529/comment/18435/
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