Scraigs, An Screig Mhór 426m hill, Bluestack Mountains N: Fintown Hills Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Bluestack Mountains Area N: Fintown Hills Subarea

Place count in area: 45, OSI/LPS Maps: 11, 6
Highest place:

Croaghgorm, 674m
Maximum height for area: 674 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 541 metres,

Places in area Bluestack Mountains:
Cen: Reelan Hills:

Croaghugagh 410m
N: Fintown Hills:

Aghla Mountain South Top 589m

Aghla Mountain 593m

Scraigs 426m

Croaghleheen 385m
NW: Glenties:

Cloghercor South 301m

Derkbeg Hill 332m

Drumnalough Hill 282m
S: Belshade:

Croaghgorm 674m

Croaghgorm South-West Top 597m

Croaghgorm East Top 594m

Ardnageer 642m

Ardnageer SW Top 626m

Banagher Hill 392m

Croaghbane 641m

Croaghgorm Far South-West Top 561m

Cronamuck 444m

Croaghbarnes 499m

Glascarns Hill 578m

Meenanea 435m
SE: Barnesmore:

Brown's Hill 496.4m

Cloghervaddy 402m

Croaghagranagh 440m

Croaghanirwore 546.1m

Croaghbrack 401m

Croaghconnellagh 523m

Croaghnageer 569.1m

Croaghnageer East Top 543.5m

Croaghnageer North-East Top 521m

Croaghonagh 451m
SW: Eany Beg Hills:

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Scraigs Hill An Screig Mhór A name in Irish Ir. An Screig Mhór [logainm.ie], 'the big crag’ Donegal County in Ulster Province, in Carn List, Whitish quartzite with pebble beds Bedrock

Height: 426m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 11 Grid Reference: B93400 01400
Place visited by 27 members. Recently by: Colin Murphy, AntrimRambler, Wilderness, OlddogHardroad, Lucky1, eamonoc, melohara, Q35on, trostanite, IndyMan, Peter Walker, Bernieor, madfrankie, shaunkelly, Aidy
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Longitude: -8.103558, Latitude: 54.860285 , Easting: 193400, Northing: 401400 Prominence: 231m, Isolation: 4.5km
ITM: 593351 901388, GPS IDs, 6 char: Scrgs, 10 char: Scraigs
Bedrock type: Whitish quartzite with pebble beds, (Slieve Tooey Quartzite Formation)

This peak near Fintown is located in an angle between Lough Muck and Lough Finn. An Screig Mhór is the 822nd highest place in Ireland. An Screig Mhór is the second most northerly summit in the Bluestack Mountains area.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/708/

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A majestic little top. .. by group (Show all for Scraigs (An Screig Mhór))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Scraigs (<i>An Screig Mhór</i>) in area Bluestack Mountains, Ireland

Picture: Scraigs from Aghla Mtn

Walkers Welcome!

by gerrym 16 Feb 2012

Scraigs presented an imposing profile approaching from the NW and became even more impressive as its steep slopes swept up from the shores of Lough Finn. Mist was just clearing its top whilst in the background the top of Aghla was lost.

A small road (928025 star

D) drops to the NW end of Lough Finn and rises to the col between Scraigs and Aghla above Lough Muck. There is parking for a couple of cars beside a water pumping station (922012 star

E) at 230m - a perfect place to head straight for the summit.

A fence runs up behind the pumping station and can be followed all the way to the summit area, although it is more fun to keep to the steep edge high above Lough Finn. As i looked back over Lough Muck a heron lazily swept past. Sounds of tractors chugging and the chimes of church bells at 12 on a Sunday drifted up from below. The little railway yard was all closed up for winter or its sounds would have added to the mix

Views N ended in a wall of mist only hinting at the heights of the Derryveaghs but a coastline started to reveal itself to the W. The call of ravens echoed around the summit above and it was not long until i joined them - in just over half an hour. A sizeable cairn marks the top. Views stretch the entire lenght of the impressively long Lough Finn, past Aghla Mtn to the towering coastline at Maghera. Following the coast N brings Aran and the high Derryveaghs and all around to Inishowen. Continuing it was the turn of the Sperrins and the impressively rugged Bluestacks.

An easy return along same or similar route. Back at the car a farmer and his 5 sheepdogs engaged in a lengthy chat. He owns the hill of Scraigs and most of Aghla as well as Lough Muck. Walking is fine, although he is wary of dogs due to the potential damage to his sheep. In his eyes walkers are more sparse than previous years. Fish in Lough Muck are just as sparse due to the conifer plantations and mink roam these parts due to a now closed mink farm in the area.

It's good to talk! Oh and to walk!! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/708/comment/6690/

Salvaging Something From A Bad Day .. by Aidy (Show all for Scraigs (An Screig Mhór))

Great summit with views to match. .. by Colin Murphy (Show all for Scraigs (An Screig Mhór))

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