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Scattery Island: A very pleasant day out

Island Comment garrettd 13 hours ago
Visited as part of the very worthwhile OPW guided tour of the island’s monastic settlement. Access to the high point is included as part of the tour. There may be restrictions in spring or ea...

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Forum: General aidand 22 hours ago
I’m heading to the Mournes shortly so decided to purchase a new map. I ordered this from the OSNI website. The map finally arrived today, 3 weeks after I ordered it. I’m sure plenty of other ...

Mweelrea: Mweelrea west access, descent

Summit Comment jkforde a day ago
Hi all, I know about the land access restrictions on the west of Mweelrea (Silver Strand) and I also know about the commonage access point. My doubt is about descent options.. I presume the l...

The Blue Eye, Albania.

Track 5165 Colin Murphy 3 days ago
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Inishbiggle: A Great Day Exploring

Island Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Damian120 a week ago
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Track 5168 Colin Murphy 3 days ago
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Track 5164 nupat a week ago
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Inishlacken: Heaven on Earth

Island Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Damian120 a week ago
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Coomnacronia Finnararagh Coomura Mountain Knockmoyle Knocknagantee

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Arderin: A charming summit despite its flaws

Summit Comment Leatra a week ago
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Classic Mountain Days by Jones, Gareth Ll.

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Ballyhoura Mountains Area   W: Carron Subarea
Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 73, EW-G 
Highest place: Seefin Mountain West Top, 528m
Maximum height for area: 528 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 383 metres,

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Carron Mountain Hill Sliabh an Chairn A name in Irish Ir. Sliabh an Chairn [logainm.ie], ‘mountain of the cairn’ Limerick County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Red sandstone & some conglomerate Bedrock

Height: 446.7m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 73 Grid Reference: R60749 17751
Place visited by 81 members. Recently by: Barrington1978, knightsonhikes, Padraigin, annem, jollyrog, Krzysztof_K, Cunn2000, westside, Deise-Man, DeirdreM, Colin Murphy, garrettd, TippHiker, JohnRea, nolanlyn
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Longitude: -8.576228, Latitude: 52.310462 , Easting: 160749, Northing: 117751 Prominence: 75m,  Isolation: 0.9km
ITM: 560707 617803,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crn447, 10 char: CrnMntn447
Bedrock type: Red sandstone & some conglomerate, (Poulgrania Sandstone Formation)

There is a substantial cairn at the summit.   Carron Mountain is the 745th highest place in Ireland. Carron Mountain is the most westerly summit in the Ballyhoura Mountains area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carron Mountain (<i>Sliabh an Chairn</i>) in area Ballyhoura Mountains, Ireland
Picture: From the south.		  
The most westerly Ballyhouras
Short Summary created by simon3, jackill  19 Jul 2015
From the west park at R58178 18377 starA which is forest car park reached over a rough forest road from the public road. There is parking for at least 10 cars here. The OS 1:50k accurately shows tracks which you can follow to reach Carron and Little Carron.
From the east park at R66277 16805 starB, however there is barely room to park one car here at the roadside. A better option might be to park at R66494 16799 starC and walk to the start.
Follow the track up to Long mountain and Seefin and then down to join the Ballyhoura way.
Follow the generally good track over the bog to Little Carron and then follow a good track west to the summit of Carron marked by a pile of stones.
There are good views over the surrounding countryside. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/653/comment/5412/
 
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