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Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa: Snowdon View from Ireland.

Summit Comment simon3 6 hours ago
This was a picture taken from the Cherrywood area of Dublin showing Snowdon, 1085m and to its left Garnedd Ugain. The ridge to the right of it lead to the slight peak of Clawdd Coch (931m).The vie...

Dodd (Skiddaw): The view from summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 21 hours ago
After a great days climbing the unfortunate part is a long walk back to the car at Latrigg car park along country lanes. But there was a long last look at Skiddaw from below and the view towards K...

Dodd (Skiddaw): Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 21 hours ago
From Ullock Pike a long walk back to Carl Side is followed by the long descent off Carl Side. After dropping south for a good while a detour west along forest tracks leads to the summit of Dodd. T...

Lonscale Fell: Detour worth taking

Summit Comment Fergalh 21 hours ago
At the Latrigg car park there is the only wainwright not on Mountainviews but still worth a climb ! Latrigg is a short walk to an unmarked summit with extensive views

Skiddaw - Lesser Man: Short detour off main track

Summit Comment Fergalh 21 hours ago
Skiddaw Lesser Man and Skiddaw Little Man from Jenkins Hill

Carl Side: The dog leg of Longside Ridge

Summit Comment Fergalh 21 hours ago
Longside Ridge from Skiddaw

Ullock Pike: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 21 hours ago
A short descent and ascent from Longside leads to the end of this dog leg . This summit is again marked with a small cairn

Long Side: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 21 hours ago
A short decent and than ascent from Carl side leads to Long Side summit which is marked by a few small stones

Carl Side: Steep descent off the Skiddaw 4 peak plateau

Summit Comment Fergalh 21 hours ago
From Broad End a climb back up the four Skiddaw peaks at the summit is followed by a drop down onto the spur with 3 peaks called Longside Edge. The first Peak you come to after the steep descent o...

Broad End: Longish trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 22 hours ago
After the straightforward 4 peaks on Skiddaw a large drop followed and a longish walk to the summit marked by a few stones.

Skiddaw North Top: Short walk to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 22 hours ago
Another short walk from Skiddaw north lead me the 6th peak with the name Skiddaw today ! This is marked by a large cairn

Skiddaw: Short walk to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 22 hours ago
From Skiddaw Middle Top a short walk brings you to the summit which is marked by a trig pillar. Unfortunately there was a lot of fog in the mountains at this stage so no views
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Donegal NW Area   Glendowan Mountains Subarea
Place count in area: 66, OSI/LPS Maps: 1, 10, 11, 2, 6 
Highest place: Errigal, 751m
Maximum height for area: 751 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 688 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Farscallop Hill Fáir Scoilb A name in Irish
Ir. Fáir Scoilb [OSNB], 'hill of the scollops' (for thatching) Donegal County in Ulster Province, in Carn List, Coarse biotite granite & granodiorite Bedrock

Height: 420.6m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 6 Grid Reference: B99385 17084
Place visited by 29 members. Recently by: cduddy, finkey86, Fergalh, madfrankie, melohara, Aidy, Ulsterpooka, scapania, RyanLavery, Lucky1, kmoore, markmjcampion, chalky, kenmoore, mark-rdc
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Longitude: -8.010382, Latitude: 55.001219 , Easting: 199386, Northing: 417085 Prominence: 175.57m,  Isolation: 2.5km
ITM: 599335 917070,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Frsclp, 10 char: Farscallop
Bedrock type: Coarse biotite granite & granodiorite, (Main Donegal Granite)

This peak overlooks the head of Glenveagh. The name Farscallop is probably related to that of Crockscolabagh (Ir. An Cnoc Scolbach, 'jagged hill'), its lower neighbour to the NE.   Farscallop is the 839th highest place in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Farscallop (<i>Fáir Scoilb</i>) in area Donegal NW, Ireland
Picture: Farscallop		  
Long broad wet ridges with good wilderness views.
Short Summary created by simon3  1 Oct 2012
Farscallop is a summit that lines the SE and upper side of Derryveagh Valley.
It can be reached from the rear entrance of the Glenveagh National Park at around B9710 1582 A. Walk up the boggy slope. After around 1km you will gain slightly better ground and great views such as that towards the summits on the north west side of the Derryveagh Valley. A round trip doing this should take around 2 hours.
It could also be reached from the NE end of Lough Beagh though this will be considerably longer.
The summit has views also towards the wild and remote land of the Glenveagh National Park to the east such as Leahanmore.
There's little trace now however, before extreme evictions in the early 1860s, apparently some 44 families lived around the Derryveagh Valley.
Track 2145 provides a route with a variation to return via the main valley along a very decayed old track. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/726/comment/5485/
 
Gas meters, famines and hot sauce .. by jackill   (Show all for Farscallop (Fáir Scoilb))
 
Winter Views .. by Aidy   (Show all for Farscallop (Fáir Scoilb))
 
Climbed from R254 (back entrance to Glenveagh Par .. by eflanaga   (Show all for Farscallop (Fáir Scoilb))
 
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