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Sperrin Mountains Area   NE Cen: Glenelly North East 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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Craigagh Hill Hill Creigeach A name in Irish Derry County in NI and in Ulster Province, in Carn List, Psammite & semipellite Bedrock

Height: 460m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 13 Grid Reference: H71712 98784
Place visited by 56 members. Recently by: Paddym99, Sperrinwalker, garybuz, Carolyn105, annem, dodser, Colin Murphy, wintersmick, Kilcoobin, pmeldrum, IndyMan, dregish, wicklore, ilenia, Niamhq
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Longitude: -6.884951, Latitude: 54.831674 , Easting: 271712, Northing: 398784 Prominence: 35m,  Isolation: 1.3km
ITM: 671640 898769,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crg460, 10 char: CrgghHil
Bedrock type: Psammite & semipellite, (Glenelly Formation)

Name explained as rocky hill in OSRNB   Craigagh Hill is the 699th highest place in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Craigagh Hill (<i>Creigeach</i>) in area Sperrin Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Craigagh mid ground, Mullaghmore on the skyline.
 
Last of the line
Short Summary created by simon3, march-fixer  1 Oct 2012
Separated from Oughtmore and Spot Height 568 by a small steep col it looks down over the B40 road and over to Crockalougha. The summit is in reasonable danger of being harvested for peat!

Access it from the B40 at around H718 997 starA by way of a reasonable track virtually all the way to the summit. There is extensive peat cutting all down the north flank.

There is a very picturesque little lake hidden in the col, just west of the summit, which would make a lovely summer resting place, providing the wind was not too strong through the gap! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/586/comment/5345/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Craigagh Hill (<i>Creigeach</i>) in area Sperrin Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Looking north from the summit of Craigagh Hill to Crockalougha
hidden among higher summits
by slemish  24 Aug 2012
It is very rare these days to come across a summit on MV that has no comments, particularly in such an accessible area as the Sperrins. However such is the case with Craigagh Hill. The hill is somewhat hidden from view as it is surrounded by higher mountains on three sides. Indeed one could almost argue that Craigagh Hill is merely a subsidiary top of Oughtmore with only a shallow col separating the two. I parked off-road at the entrance to a stony track which leads up the hillside (718997 starA). The track forks almost immediately and you should take the right branch which leads directly to the summit. Someone has been busy cutting turf sods and much of the hillside was festooned with little piles of them. I don't think I've ever seen so much turf in one place before - unfortunately they weren't drying well due to the wet summer we've had.

The track reaches up towards the 460m summit which is covered in large peat hags, many of which have been cut. It was just a case of finding the highest peat hag and standing on it. Excellent views to Mullaghmore, Crockalougha, Benbradagh and to Slieve Gallion. There was some mist in the air which blocked longer views across Lough Neagh. The hill drops steeply on its eastern side and this is probably the reason why it is popular with local hang-gliders. Soon enough I headed back to the car by the same route - a very easy 30 minutes up and down if you want to tick it off, although I would advise visiting on a better day. Climb it before the turf-cutters reduce its height any further. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/586/comment/14772/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Craigagh Hill (<i>Creigeach</i>) in area Sperrin Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Craigagh seen from Spelhoag's northern end
 
Nothing to see here...
by Colin Murphy  26 Oct 2021
Like many of the Sperrins, Craigagh is an unremarkable hill with a flattish top. Topographically the only interesting part is the gully that separates it from the northern flank of Spelhoag (seen in photo). Luckily it is easily reached in about 20 minutes along a track that stretches from the road to the very top. A bagging exercise mostly. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/586/comment/23315/
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