Urris Hills 417m hill, Inishowen NW: Urris Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Mamore Hill 423m, Urris Hills 417m, Croaghcarragh 400m,

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Inishowen Area NW: Urris Subarea

Place count in area: 27, OSI/LPS Maps: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Highest place:

Slieve Snaght, 614.6m
Maximum height for area: 614.6 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 600 metres,

Places in area Inishowen:
Cen: Slieve Snaght:

Damph 420m

Slieve Main 514m

Slieve Snaght 614.6m
N: Malin:

Croaghglengad 259m

Crockalough 282m

Soldiers hill 174m
NE: North East Inishowen:

Crockavishane 322m

Crocknasmug 327.5m

Grinlieve 371m
NW: Urris:

Urris Hills 417m
S: Iskaheen:

Crockglass 397m

Eskaheen Mountain 418m

Greenan Mountain 241m

Holywell Hill 260m

Inch Top 222m

Leamacrossan Hill 392m

Mouldy Hill 312m

Scalp Mountain 484m

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

Urris Hills Hill Cnoic Iorrais A name in Irish (Ir. Cnoic Iorrais [OSI], 'hills of the peninsula') Donegal County in Ulster Province, in Carn List, Whitish quartzite with pebble beds Bedrock

Height: 417m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 7 Grid Reference: C30682 41861
Place visited by 76 members. Recently by: Meenat, Carolyn105, padstowe, Colin Murphy, eamonoc, Kilcoobin, cairns-pj, Lauranna, Q35on, Cathal-Kelly, marcellawalking, gerwalking, madfrankie, jmcunningham, whoRya
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Longitude: -7.518685, Latitude: 55.222816 , Easting: 230682, Northing: 441861 Prominence: 167m, Isolation: 1km
ITM: 630624 941840, GPS IDs, 6 char: UrsHls, 10 char: Uris Hils
Bedrock type: Whitish quartzite with pebble beds, (Slieve Tooey Quartzite Formation)

Iorras is an obsolete word for a peninsula now only found in place-names, e.g. Iorras Beag / Errisbeg, Iorras Aithneach, Iorras Fhlannáin / Errislanan and Ceann Iorrais / Erris Head. In this name it seems to denote that part of Inishowen which projects into Lough Swilly in the vicinity of Dunaff Head. Urris Hills is the 864th highest place in Ireland. Urris Hills is the most westerly summit in the Inishowen area.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/752/

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Urris Hills (<i>Cnoic Iorrais</i>) in area Inishowen, Ireland

Picture: View from summit to NE, Raghtin More in distance

Trail leads to fine summit.

Short Summary created by Colin Murphy 18 Apr 2022

The most straightforward approach is to park at C319 432 star

A starA (there is also more parking at the religious grotto 100m up the road) and proceed up the substantial track. This winds its way as far as C317 429 star

B starB where it diminishes, but continues as a much narrower, occasionally muddy trail that will take you to Croaghcarragh. The trail continues to the SW in an up-down fashion, occasionally over rugged, rocky ground, taking you to Urris after about 1.5km. The top is marked by a large cairn and affords fine views of Lough Fad and Crunlough below and Lough Swilly to the west. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/752/comment/5511/

The Road to Raghtin .. by jlk (Show all for Urris Hills (Cnoic Iorrais))

Magnificence Beyond Its Height .. by Aidy (Show all for Urris Hills (Cnoic Iorrais))

From Croaghcarrragh (C316428 C) all you do i .. by NICKY (Show all for Urris Hills (Cnoic Iorrais))

A Video Preview .. by CaptainVertigo (Show all for Urris Hills (Cnoic Iorrais))

Approaching Urris Hills top you will see these tw .. by simon3 (Show all for Urris Hills (Cnoic Iorrais))

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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