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Mourne Mountains Area , N: Croob Subarea
Feature count in area: 59, all in Down, OSI/LPS Maps: 20, 29, EW-CLY
Highest Place: Slieve Donard 849m

Starting Places (33) in area Mourne Mountains:
Alex Steddom Tree, Aughrim Airstrip, Ben Crom Dam, Bloody Bridge Car Park, Carlingford Greenway, Carrick Little, Crocknafeola Wood, Crotlieve Mountain, Donard Car Park Newcastle, Drummanmore Picnic, Fofanny Reservoir, Forest Office CP, Gamekeepers Lodge CP, Happy Valley Trassey Rd, Hen Mountain CP, Leitrim Lodge CP, Mayo Road Corner, Meelmore Lodge, Newcastle Harbour, Ott CP, Red Bog Road, Rourkes Park, Sandy Brae, Silent Valley Reservoir Head Rd, Slieve Donard Trail Head, Slieve Foye Viewing Point, Slievefoy Forest CP, Spelga Dam E, Spelga Dam N, Spelga Dam S, Trassey Car Park, Two Mile River CP, Yellow Water Park

Summits & other features in area Mourne Mountains:
Cen: Loughshannagh: Ben Crom 526m, Carn Mountain 585.2m, Carn Mountain North Top 553.7m, Doan 592.6m, Ott Mountain 526.8m, Slieve Loughshannagh 617m, Slieve Muck 670.4m, Slievenaglogh 445m
E: Binnian: Slieve Binnian 745.9m, Slieve Binnian East Top 639m, Slieve Binnian North Top 678m, Slieve Binnian North Tor 682.5m, Wee Binnian 460m
E: Donard: Chimney Rock Mountain 656m, Crossone 540m, Millstone Mountain 460m, Rocky Mountain 524m, Slieve Donard 849m
E: Lamagan: Cove Mountain 654.8m, Slieve Beg 595.9m, Slievelamagan 702.2m
N: Bearnagh: Slieve Bearnagh 739m, Slieve Bearnagh North Tor 680m, Slieve Meelbeg 701.9m, Slieve Meelmore 687m
N: Castlewellan: Slievenaboley 324m, Slievenalargy 280m, Slievenaslat 272m
N: Commedagh: Slieve Commedagh 767m, Slieve Corragh 641.9m, Slievenaglogh 584.4m, Slievenaglogh East Top 571m
N: Croob: Cratlieve 429m, Slieve Croob 534m, Slievegarran 391m, Slievenisky 446m
N: Rathfriland: Knockiveagh 235m
S: Kilkeel: Knockchree 306m
S: Rostrevor: Crenville 460m, Finlieve 578m, Slievemartin 485m, Slievemeel 420m, Slievemeen 472m
W: Hilltown: Gruggandoo 382m, Slieveacarnane 296m
W: Slievemoughanmore: Crotlieve Mountain 347m, Eagle Mountain 638m, Rocky Mountain 404m, Shanlieve 626m, Slievemoughanmore 560m, Tievedockaragh 473m, Wee Slievemoughan 428m
W: Spelga: Butter Mountain 503.8m, Cock Mountain 504m, Cock Mountain South-West Top 505m, Hen Mountain 354m, Pigeon Rock Mountain 534m, Pigeon Rock Mountain South Top 530m, Slievenamiskan 444m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Cratlieve, 429m Hill Crotshliabh A name in Irish,
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(prob. Ir. Crotshliabh [PDT], 'hump-mountain') Legananny Mountain an extra name in English, Down County in Ulster province, in Carn Lists, Cratlieve is the 813th highest place in Ireland. Cratlieve is the second most northerly summit in the Mourne Mountains area.
Grid Reference J29627 44603, OS 1:50k mapsheet 20
Place visited by: 69 members, recently by: bowler, Colin Murphy, Oscar-mckinney, cmcv10, Paddym99, garybuz, childminder05, PPruzina, daftgrandad, Dave68, Jai-mckinney, Kirsty, Carolyn105, dregish, Andy1287
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Longitude: -6.007996, Latitude: 54.333669, Easting: 329627, Northing: 344603, Prominence: 84m,  Isolation: 2.4km
ITM: 729548 844603
Bedrock type: Granite, granodiorite, (Newry Granodiorite Complex)
Notes on name: Also known as Legananny Mountain.
  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Crtlv, 10 char: Cratlieve

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Gallery for Cratlieve (Crotshliabh) and surrounds
Summary for Cratlieve (Crotshliabh): An easy climb to Mournes spread.
Summary created by simon3 17 Mar, 2013
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Picture: Undramatic top from the W.
An obvious start is the amenity parking at A (J301 453). As shown in Track 1451 use public roads to get to B (J2981 4506) where there is a rough road. Climb this as far as it goes and then head south for the summit.
It will take around 45 mins to get there and back.
It situation and height make Cratlieve a good place to view the North and North West Mournes as well as Slieve Croob.
Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/697/comment/5456/
Member Comments for Cratlieve (Crotshliabh)

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Picture: summit view south to Mournes
Beware the Dragon
by gerrym 30 Aug 2010
Starting point is the attractive amenity site at foot of Slieve Croob (C (J301 453)) with plenty of parking. This is already at a considerable height of 350m, making tops in the area an easy enough task.

Walk south along road and then turn right and uphill, passing sheep, horses and the call of roosters! Turn left at brow of hill onto a gravel lane (D (J298 451)) with expansive northern views for company, as the track climbs Slieve Gullion comes into focus. At the gates head left for the hillside. Walking is easy and a number of rocky outcrops provide targets.

A small pool of water had an enormous looking dragonfly darting about on the way to the summit in a short 20 minutes. This has a number of stones which may or may not have some significance? What is not in doubt is the views which all knit together perfectly. East to S Croob, Irish Sea and Isle of Man, south to the seriously impressive Mournes, Slieve Foye and Cooley Hills with Slieve Gullion, North and west to the expanse of Lough Neagh, the Sperrins, Antrim and Belfast Hills and Belfast itself!

The hill was alive with birds, butterflies and flies of all shapes and sizes on this warm August day. Added to the wonderful views it gave a great feeling of being alive, especially after not having been out in the hills for a few weeks - it was good to be back. Return was by the same short route. Of course it only made sense to head for the top of Slieve Croob too!! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/697/comment/6069/
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Easy hill
by Carolyn105 22 Nov 2020
Done this in a loop with slieve croob, slievenisky and slivenagarren,. Clear day and it is not a problem to do a loop. We parked at slieve croob car park Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/697/comment/21509/
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Picture: View of the Mourne Mountains from Cratlieve
pdtempan on Cratlieve
by pdtempan 22 Mar 2009
It seems that the track mentioned by csd has recently been improved and extended. It is much longer than marked on the map. After following it uphill for about 300m, you reach two gates. Passing through the gate on the left, you can climb to the summit across open but easy ground. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/697/comment/3669/
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Picture: Cratlieve viewed from the Slieve Croob track.
csd on Cratlieve
by csd 6 Jul 2008
Cratlieve is less than 20 minutes from the car park at the base of the Slieve Croob walk. I followed the track to the north of the mountain as shown on sheet 20, then headed up to the left once the fence petered out. All very straightforward, and should take only 15 - 20 mins from the car park. Unfortunately I can't comment on the view, as it was obscured by low cloud. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/697/comment/3205/
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Picture: Bilberries, ling and purple heather at the summit of Cratlieve
A fruitful walk
by pdtempan 18 Jul 2021
Found the bilberries bigger and riper high on the mountain than lower down in Drumkeeragh Forest. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/697/comment/23210/
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