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Glan Mountain: A Glan rocker......

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 hours ago
Parked at 546993 and walked up track to base of hill. Crossed fence and headed up short slope. Ground here and on summit is a mixture of gorse, burnt gorse and bog. No marker for summit in flat ar...

Sea Hill: Surprisingly good sea views from this hill

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 hours ago
Parked at 515997 with plenty of parking and followed mucky track to end at field. Then I headed south west through two fields to 516991 where there is mucky track to brow of hill. At this point he...

Beenbane: Borreen to heaven

Summit Comment Fergalh 6 hours ago
Parked at 467988 at end of lane. Followed narrow borreen into field and crossed over this to fence. Climb over and through the gate to non descript high point with great views of the cliffs nearby

Kilcommon from the west

Track 4840 eamonoc a day ago
walk, Len: 1.7km, Climb: 46m, Area: Kilcommon Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland)...

Carrigshouk: Lovely loop

Summit Comment 500plusclub a week ago
Lovely loop up one side and down the other . On a clear day you have a great view north and south.

Slieve Fyagh: Gaitor day out

Summit Comment eamonoc a day ago
Fairly wet underfoot on this One

Easy walk, with nice views towards Eagle Island

Track 4839 eamonoc a day ago
walk, Len: 1.5km, Climb: 16m, Area: Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland) ||

Bweengduff: The Shiddy Way?

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
This isn't a particularly interesting hill, although after a prolonged rainy period, I did see multiple gushing streams on my walk, some of them having flooded sections of the forest track. T...

Bweengduff: A good forest road to access this summit

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
Park at a forest entrance W46444 88741, room for 5 cars. Follow the track into the forest , along the Duhallow way, taking the second left, then the first right, then second left then first r...

Typical wet North Mayo Coastal Hill

Track 4838 eamonoc a day ago
walk, Len: 2.1km, Climb: 85m, Area: Illanbaun Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland)...

Seefin East Top: An easy bog trot.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
This is an easy walk starting from the large carpark at W34900 86100 and following the track (which is show as part of the Dulhallow way on the Discovery map) past bog works and the access ro...

Seefin: An easy road with distant balcony views but nearby clutter

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
This is an easy walk starting from the large carpark at W34900 86100 and following the track (which is show as part of the Dulhallow way on the Discovery map) past bog works along the access ...
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Central Dingle Area   W: Ballyduff Subarea
Place count in area: 25, OSI/LPS Maps: 70, 71, 78, EW-DC, EW-DE, EW-DW 
Highest place: Beenoskee, 826m
Maximum height for area: 826 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 491 metres,

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Slievenalecka Hill An Starraicín A name in Irish (Ir. An Starraicín [OSI], 'the steeple') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Cross-bedded sandstone Bedrock

Height: 458.4m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 70 Grid Reference: Q52775 06407
Place visited by 54 members. Recently by: Moses, eiremoss34, annem, John.geary, mh400nt, Sleibhte21, abcd, denistreacy, JohnAshton, jackos, Fergalh, peter1, learykid, mountainmike, chalky
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Longitude: -10.153601, Latitude: 52.190276 , Easting: 52775, Northing: 106408 Prominence: 71m,  Isolation: 1.2km
ITM: 452757 606462,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Slvnlc, 10 char: Slvnlck
Bedrock type: Cross-bedded sandstone, (Coumeenoole Sandstone Formation)

This peak earns its name with its pointed peak.   An Starraicín is the 704th highest place in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/599/
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An Starraic in area Central Dingle
by gfmurphy101  5 Nov 2017
steeple by name steep by nature!!! 5/11/17 Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/599/comment/19789/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
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Steeple from the south. .. by simon3   (Show all for Slievenalecka (An Starraicín))
 
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