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Sperrin Mountains Area   NE: Glenshane North Subarea
Place count in area: 64, OSI/LPS Maps: 12, 13, 6, 7, 8 
Highest place:
Sawel, 678m
Maximum height for area: 678 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 657 metres,

Places in area Sperrin Mountains:
E: Magherafelt Hills:   Slieve Gallion NE Top 493.6m
E: Magherafelt Hills:   Slieve Gallion 526.6m
N: Claudy Hills:   Crockdooish 321mCurradrolan Hill 270mEglish 277mLetterlogher 249mMullaghmeash Hill 244mSlieveboy 259mStraid Hill 303m
NE Cen: Glenelly North East:   Barnes Top 456mCraigagh Hill 460mCrockbrack 526.1mKnockanbane Mountain 441mMeenard Mountain 620mMeenard Mtn W Top 480mMullaghaneany 627mMullaghash 480mMullaghsallagh 485mOughtmore 569mSpelhoagh 568m
NE: Glenshane North:   Benbradagh 465mBoviel Top 454mCarn Hill 448mCarntogher 464mMoneyoran Hill 414m
NE: Glenshane South:   Bohilbreaga 478mCoolnasillagh Mountain 423mCorick Mountain 430mCrockalougha 407mMullaghmore 550mWhite Mountain 537m
NW Cen: Glenelly North West:   Dart Mountain 619mDart Mountain North-West Top 525mLearmount Mountain 489mLearmount Mountain South Top 492mMullaghasturrakeen 581mMullaghcarbatagh 517mMullaghclogha 635mMullaghclogher 572mMullaghdoo 568mSawel 678m
NW: Maheramason Hills:   Clondermot Hill 220mGortmonly Hill 218mSlievekirk 370m
SE Cen: Glenelly South East:   Carnanelly 562mCarnanelly West Top 503.4mMullaghbane 467mMullaghturk 416m
SE: Cookstown Hills:   Cregganconroe 300mFir Mountain 362mOughtmore 382m
SW Cen: Glenelly South West:   Clogherny Top 408mCraignamaddy 385mCrocknamoghil 335mMullaghbolig 442mSpaltindoagh 420m
SW: Mullaghcarn:   Curraghchosaly Mountain 416mMullaghcarn 542mMullaghcarn South Top 525m
SW: Newtownstewart Hills:   Bessy Bell 420mMullaghcroy 242m
W: Strabane:   Balix Hill 403mKnockavoe 296mOwenreagh Hill 400m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Carntogher Hill Carn Tóchair A name in Irish (Ir. Carn Tóchair [DUPN], 'cairn of the causeway') Derry County in NI and in Ulster Province, in Carn List, Olivine basalt lava Bedrock

Height: 464m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 8 Grid Reference: C79643 06089
Place visited by 56 members. Recently by: bowler, Tricia-Mulligan, Colin Murphy, headspace, Paddym99, Sperrinwalker, garybuz, pdtempan, Kilcoobin, mullanger, DavidHoy, LorraineG60, wicklore, mallymcd, eamonoc
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Longitude: -6.759461, Latitude: 54.896098 , Easting: 279643, Northing: 406089 Prominence: 138m,  Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 679575 906074,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crntgh, 10 char: Carntogher
Bedrock type: Olivine basalt lava, (Lower Basalt Formation)

The causeway referred to may be that mentioned in Táin Bó Cuailnge. Conchobar, King of Ulster, sends his son throughout the kingdom to rouse the warriors to battle. He passed across a causeway before arriving in the valley of Dungiven. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 148-49) for details of the festive assembly on Carntogher.   Carntogher is the 681st highest place in Ireland. Carntogher is the second most easterly summit in the Sperrin Mountains area.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carntogher (<i>Carn Tóchair</i>) in area Sperrin Mountains, Ireland
Picture: The Carntogher Way rising up from the east.
 
Decent Carn can be done as part of a loop.
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy  24 Apr 2023
Parking for about 10 or more cars at C8184504530 starA. This hill can be done as a loop or a simple up and back the same way. Head NW along road for 750m to gate on left at C8119705002 starB. You have a choice of turning here or continuing up the road to C80957 05505 starC the other end of the Carntogher Way - either will take you to the same point. Cross the gate and walk west for 700m along grassy, occasionally muddy trail, which swings NNW for 1km before meeting the trail coming from east at C80109 05792 starD. Turn left for 500m to Emigrant's Cairn, the ascend up the grassy, steepish last 150m to the north. Summit marked by an almost buried Stone Age cairn and a marker pole. You can return the same way or take the trail to the east if you want some variety - they'll both take you back to the road. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/567/comment/5326/
 
On the first occasion I climbed this hill I did s .. by Harry Goodman   (Show all for Carntogher (Carn Tóchair))
 
Carntogher is litte more than a bump on the long .. by gerrym   (Show all for Carntogher (Carn Tóchair))
 
Sperrin outlier wth long views .. by slemish   (Show all for Carntogher (Carn Tóchair))
 
Carntogher punches much more than its weight in t .. by eflanaga   (Show all for Carntogher (Carn Tóchair))
 
Finally made it to Carntogher .. by pdtempan   (Show all for Carntogher (Carn Tóchair))
 
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