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Lackagh Mountain Hill Binn Scardáin A name in Irish, also Ben Scardaun an extra name in English (prob. Ir. Binn Scardáin [PDT], 'peak of the spout') Leitrim County in Connacht Province, in Carn List, Cyclothemic sandstone, siltstone, coal Bedrock

Height: 449m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 26 Grid Reference: G93100 32100
Place visited by 26 members. Recently by: Loman01, magnumpig, MichaelG55, TommyV, TommyMc, FrankMc1964, eamonoc, Ulsterpooka, dr_banuska, Hilldweller, Wilderness, frankmc04, MichaelE, jimbloomer, Garmin
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Longitude: -8.106594, Latitude: 54.237753 , Easting: 193100, Northing: 332100 Prominence: 344m,  Isolation: 3.4km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 593051 832104,   GPS IDs, 6 char: LckgMn, 10 char: LckghMntn
Bedrock type: Cyclothemic sandstone, siltstone, coal, (Lackagh Sandstone Formation)

Also called Ben Scardaun. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 182-83) for details of the festive assembly on the mountain. The name Boleybrack marked south of the summit belongs to a townland.   Lackagh Mountain is the 737th highest place in Ireland. Lackagh Mountain is the most southerly summit in the Dartry Mountains area.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/625/
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Splendid Isolation .. by gerrym   (Show all for Lackagh Mountain (Binn Scardáin))
 
Viewed from Ballaghabehy, Lackagh's long squat pr .. by madfrankie   (Show all for Lackagh Mountain (Binn Scardáin))
 
November 9th, 2019 .. by magnumpig   (Show all for Lackagh Mountain (Binn Scardáin))
 
Lackagh or Boleybrack? .. by TommyV   (Show all for Lackagh Mountain (Binn Scardáin))
 
Bog burst
by simon3  1 Jul 2020
According to newspaper reports there was a bog burst which wiped away some of the road about 7 or 8 km to the south east late June 2020. This was at place called Shass mtn. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/625/comment/20804/
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