Carn Hill 448m hill, Sperrin Mountains NE: Glenshane North Derry Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Sperrin Mountains Area , NE: Glenshane North 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.

Carn Hill, 448m Hill Cnoc an Chairn A name in Irish,

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, Derry County in Ulster province, in Carn Lists, Carn Hill is the 742nd highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference C74967 07836, OS 1:50k mapsheet 8
Place visited by: 28 members, recently by: garybuz, Paddym99, madfrankie, Colin Murphy, Kilcoobin, eamonoc, Fergalh, trostanite, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, Ulsterpooka, Peter Walker, muschi, sandman, Garmin

I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)

Longitude: -6.831884, Latitude: 54.912528, Easting: 274967, Northing: 407836, Prominence: 63m, Isolation: 1.9km
ITM: 674899 907823
Bedrock type: Olivine basalt lava, (Upper Basalt Formation)

Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Crn448, 10 char: Carn Hill
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/628/

Gallery for Carn Hill (Cnoc an Chairn) and surrounds

Summary for Carn Hill (Cnoc an Chairn): A bit of a slog but little climbing on so-so hill.

Summary created by Colin Murphy 24 Apr, 2023

MountainViews.ie picture about Carn Hill (Cnoc an Chairn) — Picture: *Carn Hill as seen from near starting point*

There is parking for 1 or 2 (at a squeeze) cars at A (C73829 08590). The starting point for this hill is at 400m, so there's not a lot in the way of climbing, although it is necessary to drop down about 20m to the col. Cross a gate and walk SW towards the col across short heather and grass - it isn't too difficult at first. As you start to climb the terrain becomes a bit more rugged, with longer heather, uneven ground and some peat hag, along with a fence to be crossed. A long, though not particularly high rocky outcrop defines the summit area on its west side, though the highpoint is simply a mound of heather.

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Member Comments for Carn Hill (Cnoc an Chairn)

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eflanaga on Carn Hill

by eflanaga 14 Nov 2007

Completed as part of a 'Benbradagh Ridge' walk starting just off the main Belfast- Derry road, at bottom of Glenshane Pass IB (C77356 05606). Just below the Layby (Derry side of pass there is a minor road which loops around and back onto the main road. At the bend there is a track through gate. Follow it up past derelict building and over fence, negotiating difficult terrain to reach Craigmore (395m) IC (C77219 06915) after 1.3K. From here the terrain worsens, and maintains its difficulty level for most of the ridge - heavy heather, gorse, tussock grass and extremely wet conditions (on the day) for another 2.4K necessitating crossing over numerous fences to reach the non-descript summit of Carn Hill. The top can be found just beyond a fence and appears to be marked by a couple of small rocks and a large slab close by. Nothing else of note around. The summit can be reached more easily from the main road rather than traipsing over Craigmore. Neither route is worth the effort it in my estimation, although on a better day one might expect to get a reasonable view across to the main Sperrin range. Sorry no picture, those taken on this walk were almost entirely blotched with rain and not worth sharing. Weather withstanding (which was absolutely terrible -incessant rain and heavy mist) this walk, and particularly this section, is one for the purists! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/628/comment/2906/

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Worth the effort

by Fergalh 16 Oct 2020

Visited from the west after doing the much more accesible Boviel Top Parked at D (C738 085)...a long slog over heather followed by a short climb. great views Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/628/comment/20924/

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Track 5239 simoburn 2 hours ago
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madfrankie a day ago
We started at G9377982726 where there's ample parking. A rough road heads north, and after 1.5km we came upon a gate an walk, Len: 8.1km, Climb: 213m, Area: Bluestack Mountains (Ireland) ||

Summit Comment hibby 3 days ago
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simon3 4 days ago
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srr45 4 days ago
A cool little summit taken in a circuit from Conor Pass. As Adrian Hendroff said one of Dingles best kept secrets. He’s right

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