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Feature count in area: 24, all in Donegal,
OSI/LPS Maps: 10
Highest Place: Slieve League 596.4m
Starting Places (1) in area Donegal SW: Port Pier
Summits & other features in area Donegal SW: Maum 325m N: Sliabh Tuaidh: Tormore Island South 94m, Tormore Island North 139m, Crockuna 400m, Slievetooey 511m, Slievetooey Far West Top 460m, Slievetooey West Top 472m NE: Glengesh: Balbane Hill 472m, Glengesh Hill 390m, Common Mountain 499.7m, Crocknapeast 497m, Croaghavehy 372m, Mulmosog Mountain 351m, Mulnanaff 475m NW: Glencolmkille: Croaghacullion 374m, Croaghloughdivna 310m S: Killybegs Hills: Croaghacullin 405m, Croaghmuckros 275m, Crownarad 493m, Crownarad SW Top 471m SW: Slieve League: Crockrawer 435.2m, Leahan 427m, Slieve League 596.4m, Slieve League SE Top 576.7m
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islands as such.
Leahan, 427mHill Liathán A name in Irish,
Place Rating ..
(Ir. Liathán [JON], 'little grey one'), Donegal County in Ulster province, in Carn Lists, Liathán is the 814th highest place in Ireland. Liathán is the most westerly summit in the Donegal SW area.
Grid Reference G51799 80287,
OS 1:50k mapsheet 10 Place visited by: 38members, recently by: maitiuocoimin, Lucky1, padstowe, garrettd, eamonoc, dodser, Aongus, Colin Murphy, madfrankie, tommccarthy, Fergalh, markmjcampion, AntrimRambler, conormcbandon, shaunkelly
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Rather than commencing the walk from the car park beside the beach in Malin Beg i choose to ascend via the access road to turf cuttings at A (G49664 81023) with adjacent parking. After the gravel track expires you will find tractor tracks which will bring you further up to the short heather close to the rocky summit area. Many cairns adorn the outer ring of the summit area with views of Slieve League and Rathlin O Birne island and its lighthouse. You can return by the route of ascent or continue the walk to the car parks at Slieve League. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/703/comment/18467/
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An awful slog...
by Colin Murphy
27 May 2019
Usually done in isolation, we decided to tackle this after doing the Slieve League summits and then return to our car which was parked beside Lough Auva to the north. The descent from S. League for 1km was very steep, a mixture of grass and heather and the ground uneven. We then began the ascent of about 2.3km. This turned out to be a dreadful trudge up a seemingly never-ending slope, and boggy and uneven underfoot, regularly having to take detours around peat hags etc. The broad summit is littered with small rocks and our GPS indicated a high point at a small pile of rocks. I couldn't honestly recommend this approach! The descent was less unpleasant on the extremely misty day, and eventually we emerged to decent views of Lough Auva. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/703/comment/20538/
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