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Feature count in area: 44, by county: Tipperary: 36, Limerick: 8,
OSI/LPS Maps: 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66
Highest Place: Keeper Hill 691.6m
Starting Places (31) in area Midlands SW: Ballincurra Hill South, Ballyhourigan Wood Loop Walk, Barnane Lodge, Castlewaller Wood Forest Road, Coillte Knockanroe, Commanealine Wood, Commaun Beg North, Cullaun South, Cummer South, Curreeny Wood, Doonane Forest Carpark, Foildhine Mulkeir Rivers, Glenaneagh Park, Glenstal Wood CP, Gortagarry Hill West, Greenan Cross, Knockadigeen Hill SW, Knockanora East, Knockanully, Knockaviltoge East, Knockfune Wood Bend, Knockmaroe Wood, Knockmehill South, Knockteige SW, Nicker, Raven's Rock, Ring Hill West, River Doonane, The Lookout, Tobernagreana, Upperchurch
Summits & other features in area Midlands SW: Cen: Mauherslieve: Cummer 405m, Foilduff 400m, Knockmaroe 411m, Mauherslieve 543m E: Upperchurch Hills: Knockalough 427m, Knockaviltoge 364m N: Knockshigowna: Knockshigowna 212m NE: Devilsbit: Benduff 455m, Black Hill 228m, Devilsbit Mountain 480m, Gortagarry 458m, Kilduff Mountain 445m, Knockanora 433m NE: Templederry: Ballincurra Hill 403m, Commaun Beg 403m, Cooneen Hill 467m, Coumsallahaun 320m, Knockadigeen Hill 402m NW: Arra Mountains: Corbally Hill 339m, Tountinna 457m NW: Silvermine Mountains: Silvermine Mountains East Top 479m, Silvermine Mountains Far East Top 410m, Silvermine Mountains West Top 489m SE: Hollyford Hills: Falleennafinoga 388m, Foildarg 440m, Glenaneagh 420m, Gortnageragh 418m, Knockastanna 444m, Knockbane 433m, Lackenacreena 413m, Ring Hill 426m, Tooreen 457m SW: Slieve Felim: Cullaun 460m, Derk Hill 236m, Knockroe 204m, Knockseefin 235m, Slieve Felim 427m, Slieve Felim East Top 423m, Slieve Felim South Top 407m W: Keeper Hill: Bleanbeg 368m, Boolatin Top 446.6m, Keeper Hill 691.6m, Knockane 411m, Knockfune 452m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not
islands as such.
Boolatin Top, 446.6mHill Cnoc Bhuaile Aitinn A name in Irish,
Place Rating ..
, Tipperary County in Munster province, in Carn Lists, Boolatin Top is the 744th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference R80410 66127,
OS 1:50k mapsheet 59 Place visited by: 58members, recently by: jackos, chelman7, Moirabourke, Arcticaurora, Colin Murphy, MickM45, Krzysztof_K, Dee68, annem, Beti13, JohnRea, LiamG1951, garrettd, abcd, maryblewitt
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Longitude: -8.290822, Latitude: 52.746229, Easting: 180410, Northing: 166127,
Prominence: 35m, Isolation: 2.1km ITM: 580364 666168 Bedrock type: Greywacke, siltstone & grit, (Hollyford Formation) Notes on name: This peak is a western spur of Keeper Hill.
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: BltnTp, 10 char: BltnTop Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/659/
Gallery for Boolatin Top (Cnoc Bhuaile Aitinn) and surrounds
Summary
for Boolatin Top (Cnoc Bhuaile Aitinn):
Brief detour on the way to Keeper Hill
Summary created by sandman, wicklore
27 Jul, 2015
Boolatin Top is easily accessible from the Ballyhourigan Woods car park at Ballyhourigan Wood Loop Walk (R78464 66609) on OSI sheet 59. Follow the forest track for about 2.3 kms, ignoring two left hand tracks, until you reach a junction at A (R80585 66339). Look out for the wide forest ride running up to your right just before the junction. 10 easy minutes walking up this rough ground will bring you to a cleared area, with the ‘high point’ probably just to the left at B (R80313 66189). The close forestry affects the views somewhat, but the summit of Keeper Hill is visible just 2kms to the east. Further away to the north west Tountinna is visible with its commanding position above Lough Derg. The Slieve Bernagh group, including Moylussa are also clearly visible on a good day to the west.
Boolatin Top is easily combined with nearby Keeper Hill. Head back to the track junction below and follow it east. You can reach the summit of Keeper in another 4 kms.
Most people will probably bag this on their way up to Keeper from Ballyhoura woods, but beware, that handy-looking forest track shown north of the summit on Sheet 59 isn't actually a track. It's actually a forest ride with a large berm down the middle. Not the easiest terrain, but better than pushing through the forest. The summit area itself is a boggy, neglected area of the plantation. Unfortunately, due to the mist I wasn't able to sample the views. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/659/comment/3445/
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In the shadow of Keeper
by acorn
27 Apr 2013
Having climbed Keeper Hill on numerous occasions it was time to seek out Boolatin Top and pay my respects.
I used the Irish Trails "Keeper Hill Trek" route to get there.
Follow the brown trailhead signs from Newport to parking area in Doonane Woods Doonane Forest Carpark (R78068 65175) then follow the purple Ballyhourigan trail arrows, initially north for 2km then east for another 3km. Just as you arrive at the junction where the climb to Keeper Hill starts you will see an opening on your right. This is apparently a "berm". It's not easy walking on a "berm", you'll find yourself switching from the tussocky top to the boggy bottom several times before you reach a point where it stops climbing. Turn left here and follow another "berm" for a short distance. I decided the high point was on the left of this berm, a rounded hillock with a sparse covering of knarly, lichen covered trees C (R80346 66157). It may not be the exact summit point but it had character so it was good enough for me :-)
Once you have summited retrace your steps to the junction where you have a choice of following the red arrows to the top of Keeper, continuing the purple Ballyhourigan Loop or returning the way you came. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/659/comment/14975/
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