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Cooley Mountains Area   S: Cooley South Subarea
Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 29, 36, EW-CLY 
Highest place:
Slieve Foye, 587m
Maximum height for area: 587 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 492 metres,

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The Ravens Rock Hill Speilg an Fhiaigh A name in Irish (Ir. Speilg an Fhiaigh [logainm.ie†], 'the rock of the raven') Louth County in Leinster Province, in Carn List, Undifferentiated, or layered gabbro 1-4 Bedrock

Height: 457m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 36 Grid Reference: J14880 13192
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Longitude: -6.246576, Latitude: 54.055119 , Easting: 314880, Northing: 313192 Prominence: 62m,  Isolation: 1km
ITM: 714803 813196,   GPS IDs, 6 char: ThRvns, 10 char: ThRvnsRck
Bedrock type: Undifferentiated, or layered gabbro 1-4, (Layered Gabbro)

This peak gives its name to the townland of Spellickanee. However, it is located in Glenmore townland, while Spellickanee is a little to the south. The first element is speilic, 'a splintery rock', probably ultimately derived from Latin spelunca, ‘cave, den’.   The Ravens Rock is the 711th highest place in Ireland.

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Crispy Morning Rock Hopping
by Pepe  17 Jan 2018
Climbed this via the ascent up the Fox's Rock from the Long Woman's Grave. Took the direct route up (steep and slippy!) on a crunchy January morning. The light and the views were magnificent. If you intend making it a hat-trick of rocks by also taking in Eagle's Rock, do bear in mind that the dip between Fox's (Foxes? Foxes'?) and Ravens Rock is a bit deeper than it appears from a casual glance at the OS map. As for the gap between Ravens and Eagles, now that is deep so give yourself plenty of time (and light) if attempting all three (and back) from the Long Woman's Grave. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/594/comment/19841/
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Ravens Rock has a fine view of the 1.5k ridge run .. by simon3   (Show all for The Ravens Rock (Speilg an Fhiaigh))
 
(Continued from Foxes Rock) There were noticeably .. by pdtempan   (Show all for The Ravens Rock (Speilg an Fhiaigh))
 
With light fading as I left Foxes Rock, I pushed .. by eflanaga   (Show all for The Ravens Rock (Speilg an Fhiaigh))
 
Ravens Rock summit cairn - Apologies for the poor .. by eflanaga   (Show all for The Ravens Rock (Speilg an Fhiaigh))
 
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