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Sperrin MountainsArea, NE Cen: Glenelly North East
Subarea
Feature count in area: 64, by county: Derry: 34, Tyrone: 39, of which 9 are in both Derry and Tyrone,
OSI/LPS Maps: 12, 13, 6, 7, 8
Highest Place: Sawel 678m
Starting Places (21) in area Sperrin Mountains: Altinure Road, Banagher Glen Nature Reserve, Barnes Gap Car Park, Crocknakin, Drumnaspar Picnic CP, Glenchiel Road, Glenedra Bridge, Glenelly Road, Parkreagh, Goles Road, Lough Ouske, Moneyneany Village, Moydamlaght Forest, Moydamlaght Road, Mullaghmore, Mullaghbane, Spaltindoagh, Sperrin Hamlet, Sperrin Heritage Centre, Sperrin Heritage Centre W, Sperrin Road, Barnes Top, Sperrin Road, Glashagh Bridge, Sperrin Road, Sperrin
Summits & other features in area Sperrin Mountains: E: Magherafelt Hills: Slieve Gallion NE Top 493.6m E: Magherafelt Hills: Slieve Gallion 526.6m N: Claudy Hills: Crockdooish 321m, Curradrolan Hill 270m, Eglish 277m, Letterlogher 249m, Mullaghmeash Hill 244m, Slieveboy 259m, Straid Hill 303m NE Cen: Glenelly North East: Barnes Top 456m, Craigagh Hill 460m, Crockbrack 526.1m, Knockanbane Mountain 441m, Meenard Mountain 620m, Meenard Mtn W Top 480m, Mullaghaneany 627m, Mullaghash 480m, Mullaghsallagh 485m, Oughtmore 569m, Spelhoagh 568m NE: Glenshane North: Benbradagh 465m, Boviel Top 454m, Carn Hill 448m, Carntogher 464m, Moneyoran Hill 414m NE: Glenshane South: Bohilbreaga 478m, Coolnasillagh Mountain 423m, Corick Mountain 430m, Crockalougha 407m, Mullaghmore 550m, White Mountain 537m NW Cen: Glenelly North West: Dart Mountain 619m, Dart Mountain North-West Top 525m, Learmount Mountain 489m, Learmount Mountain South Top 492m, Mullaghasturrakeen 581m, Mullaghcarbatagh 517m, Mullaghclogha 635m, Mullaghclogher 572m, Mullaghdoo 568m, Sawel 678m NW: Maheramason Hills: Clondermot Hill 220m, Gortmonly Hill 218m, Slievekirk 370m SE Cen: Glenelly South East: Carnanelly 562m, Carnanelly West Top 503.4m, Mullaghbane 467m, Mullaghturk 416m SE: Cookstown Hills: Cregganconroe 300m, Fir Mountain 362m, Oughtmore 382m SW Cen: Glenelly South West: Clogherny Top 408m, Craignamaddy 385m, Crocknamoghil 335m, Mullaghbolig 442m, Spaltindoagh 420m SW: Mullaghcarn: Curraghchosaly Mountain 416m, Mullaghcarn 542m, Mullaghcarn South Top 525m SW: Newtownstewart Hills: Bessy Bell 420m, Mullaghcroy 242m W: Strabane: Balix Hill 403m, Knockavoe 296m, Owenreagh Hill 400m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not
islands as such.
Barnes Top, 456mHill Cnoc an Bhearnais A name in Irish,
Place Rating ..
, Derry County in Ulster province, in Carn Lists, Barnes Top is the 716th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference H63854 99928,
OS 1:50k mapsheet 13 Place visited by: 40members, recently by: bowler, wintersmick, Colin Murphy, garybuz, Paddym99, Sperrinwalker, Lucky1, Kilcoobin, dregish, Hoverla, trostanite, wicklore, eamonoc, Aidy, Fergalh
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Longitude: -7.006971, Latitude: 54.842992, Easting: 263854, Northing: 399928,
Prominence: 78m, Isolation: 0.8km ITM: 663783 899911 Bedrock type: Psammite & semipellite, (Dart Formation) Notes on name: Also referred to as Barness in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs.
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: BrnsTp, 10 char: Barnes Top Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/601/
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Summary
for Barnes Top (Cnoc an Bhearnais):
Fairly straightforward ascent of so-so summit.
Summary created by Colin Murphy
07 Dec, 2023
One approach is from the SW, parking for 1 or 2 cars (at a squeeze) next to a bridge A (H63564 98972). Cross the gate and proceed NE up a slope that is a mixture of tussocky grass and some heather, and marshy in places, although initially fairly navigable. You will reach a gate/fence around B (H63825 99389), running in a northerly direction. Follow this almost to the top, which is heather covered and makes for heavy walking in the final stretches. The summit highpoint is unmarked but appears to be next to a fencepost. 50 minutes car to top.
Add a Place Comment for Barnes Top, Cnoc an Bhearnais (601) in Area: Sperrin Mountains, NE Cen: Glenelly North East, County: Derry, NE Cen: Glenelly North East
I climbed Barnes Top on 23 March 2010 as part of a round that included Mullaghash and Knockanbane Mountain (see also my comments on Mullaghash and Knockanbane Mt. for the start and finishof the route). After Mullaghash we climbed up from the coll below Barnes Top C (C642 011) along the fence going S with a touch of E. (For someone wishing to only climb Barnes Top I suggest that the route mentioned at the end of my comments on Mullaghash is used in reverse. ) The going was mostly over heather and tusocky clumps of grass for 1.2k to a fence junction near the top. On the way up we were surprised to find quite a large patch of snow still lingering on the hillside. Once at the fence junction a right and shortly after a left turn took us to the summit D (H638 999). As ever one could speculate as to whether or not this was really the top or was it a clump of heather across the fence or elsewhere on the flat but bumpy summit area. From Barnes Top the view N to Mullaghash shows it to be a much more imposing hill than its modest height suggests. From the top we followed the fence NW for about 800 metres with only a shallow dip and climb up to the top of Knockanbane Mt. I enjoyed climbing this hill as part of a round including two other tops but would suggest that it is unlikely to be climbed by many walkers, even peak baggers, for its own sake. The view of Sawel SW across the valley dominates the skyline . Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/601/comment/4557/
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thisbliss on Barnes Top
by thisbliss
14 Sep 2007
Started off at Glashagh Bridge (E (H636 990)) Going is fair enough, a few sheughs to negotiate here and there on the way up but sheep have vegatation well kept down for most part until you reach the heathered top and the road disappears from behind. Then its not too far to summit marked naturally by a piece of raised bog. Good view of sawel and surrounding central sperrins with benbradagh to the north and derryveagh mountains to northwest. Is a pleasant enough climb taking less than an hour for the round trip. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/601/comment/2831/
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pquinn572 on Barnes Top
by pquinn572
21 Dec 2009
I climbed Barnes Top yesterday, Saturday the 19th of December. I did so in the company of the West Tyrone Ramblers as we climbed high into the Sperrins on a cold winters morning. We started the walk 3 miles outside Park on the road to Feeny (B44) at an old public house, Labelled on OS map. It is 300m up the road from Ballydonegan sweat house which is signposted. We parked here and headed down the road to the small cottage and the signpost for the sweat house. We followed a lane around the right hand side of the house and then turned left on another lane leading down to a river. There is a wooden bridge crossing the river which leads to the sweat house however do not cross it but continue up the lane. After 500m or so you pass some outbuildings on your right, rounding a gate you continue on the track which gradually begins to turn to the left. Then you come to a river, cross it and continue on the path up the hill. You then cross the river again before reaching an iron gate, go through it and continue along the path. Here the path is quite cut up and wet so walking on the bank is the best. You then reach another gate, this time a wooden one go through it, then continue. At this stage the path begins to peter out. At this stage you will notice something sticking up high on the mountain on your right. It appears like a standing stone but is infact a tree. You then begin the climb up the heather to this tree and on up past it until you reach a fence. By this stage you will be ready for a break as the climb up the heather is tiresome. Here you can enjoy great views of Sawel and the surroundings Sperrins. This however is not the true top so you follow the fence line across to the east (watch out for the pools) to reach the top of Barnes Top. There is nothing marking the top of the mountain however a raised piece of appears to be the highest point. I descended via the same route. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/601/comment/4310/
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