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Maumtrasna: A steep-sided fortress in the West

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Peter Walker 10 hours ago
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Track 3986 Onzy 3 days ago
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Summit Comment BillWatson 4 days ago
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Track 3989 mcrtchly 5 days ago
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Track 3985 Onzy a week ago
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Truskmore: Sligo CHP and don't forget about Leitrim.

Summit Comment TommyV a week ago
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Track 3983 mcrtchly a week ago
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Trostan: Antrims CHP

Summit Comment TommyV a week ago
Peter Walker has all angles and options covered. We approached this from the West side and it was a fairly undramatic bog slog. I would suggest the approach from the South side mention by Peter mu...
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Dublin/Wicklow Area   Wicklow Mountains Subarea
Place count in area: 129, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 49, 50, 55, 56, 61, 62, AWW 
Highest place: Lugnaquilla, 925m
Maximum height for area: 925 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres,

Places in area Dublin/Wicklow:
Ballinacorbeg 336mBallinastraw 284mBallycurry 301mBallyguile Hill 188mBallyhook Hill 288mBray Head Hill 240mCarrickgollogan 276mCarrigeen Hill 298mCarrigoona Commons East 242mCloghnagaune 385mCorballis Hill 258mCupidstown Hill 378.6mDunranhill 342mEagle Hill 296mKilleagh 249mKilliney Hill 153.5mKilmichael Hill 267mKilnamanagh Hill 217mKnockannavea 400.8mKnockree 342mMount Kennedy 365.9mSlieveroe 332mWestaston Hill 270m
Dublin Mountains:   Corrig Mountain 617.1mGlendoo Mountain 586mKippure 757mKnocknagun 555mMountpelier Hill 383mPrince William's Seat 555mSaggart Hill 396.9mSeahan 647.3mSeefin 620.6mSeefingan 722.9mTibradden Mountain 467mTwo Rock Mountain 536m
Wicklow Mountains:   Annagh Hill 454mBallinacor Mountain 531mBallinafunshoge 480mBallineddan Mountain 652mBallycumber Hill 431mBallycurragh Hill 536mBallyteige 447mBaltinglass Hill 382mBarranisky 280mBenleagh 689mBlack Hill 602.2mBrockagh Mountain 557mBrockagh Mountain North-West Top 548mBrockagh Mountain SE Top 470mCamaderry Mountain 698.6mCamaderry South East Top 677.3mCamenabologue 758mCamenabologue SE Top 663mCarrick Mountain 381mCarrickashane Mountain 508mCarrig Mountain 571mCarrigleitrim 408mCarriglineen Mountain 455mCarrignagunneen 561mCarrigshouk 572.5mCarrigvore 682mChurch Mountain 544mCloghernagh 800mCollon Hill 238mConavalla 734mCorriebracks 531mCorrigasleggaun 794mCroaghanmoira 664mCroaghanmoira North Top 575mCroghan Kinsella 606mCroghan Kinsella East Top 562.1mCullentragh Mountain 510mCushbawn 400mDerrybawn Mountain 474mDjouce 725mDuff Hill 720mFair Mountain 571.2mFananierin 426mGravale 718mGreat Sugar Loaf 501mKanturk 523mKeadeen Mountain 653mKirikee Mountain 474mKnocknacloghoge 534mLakeen 357mLittle Sugar Loaf 342mLobawn 636mLugduff 652mLugduff SE Top 637mLuggala 595mLugnagun 446.2mLugnaquilla 925mMaulin 570mMoanbane 703mMoneyteige North 427mMullacor 661mMullaghcleevaun 849mMullaghcleevaun East Top 790mMuskeagh Hill 397mPreban Hill 389mRobber's Pass Hill 508.9mScarr 641mScarr North-West Top 561mSeskin 344mSilsean 698mSleamaine 430mSlieve Maan 547.8mSlieve Maan North Top 546.1mSlievecorragh 418mSlievefoore 414mSlievemaan 759mSorrel Hill 599.5mSpinans Hill 409mSpinans Hill SE Top 400mStoney Top 714mStookeen 420mSugarloaf 552mTable Mountain 701.7mTable Mountain West Top 563mTinoran Hill 312mTomaneena 682.4mTonduff 642mTonduff East Top 593mTonelagee 817mTonelagee NE Top 668mTonlagee South-East Top 546mTrooperstown Hill 430mWar Hill 686mWhite Hill 630.9m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Spinans Hill Hill Cnoc na Spíonán A name in Irish
Wicklow County, in Carn List, Dark slate-schist, quartzite & coticule Bedrock

Height: 409m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 55 Grid Reference: S91944 91616
Place visited by 47 members. Recently by: TipsyDempy, Pepe, Bunsen7, Garmin, GoldCircle, feargalf, markmjcampion, Coles, mountainmike, Dessie1, chalky, Trailtrekker, peter1, Fergalh, turfymccloud
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Longitude: -6.632345, Latitude: 52.967723 , Easting: 291944, Northing: 191616 Prominence: 184m,  Isolation: 1.2km
ITM: 691870 691648,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SpnnHl, 10 char: SpnnsHil
Bedrock type: Dark slate-schist, quartzite & coticule, (Butter Mountain Formation)

Price relates the townland name Spinans to Ir. spíonán, 'a gooseberry bush' [PNCW].   Spinans Hill is the 899th highest place in Ireland.
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Spinans Hill, only 409 metres above sea level. A .. by csd   (Show all for Spinans Hill)
 
One way of getting along the ridge between the tw .. by simon3   (Show all for Spinans Hill)
 
I climbed Spinian after Spinian SE Top. For those .. by wicklore   (Show all for Spinans Hill)
 
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Picture: Spinans Hill from the north.		  
View from the north.
by simon3  17 Sep 2015
This is a view of Spinans Hill from the north. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/787/comment/18314/
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climbing spinnans hill .. by hillwalkerliam   (Show all for Spinans Hill)
 
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