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Feature count in area: 45, all in Donegal,
OSI/LPS Maps: 11, 6
Highest Place: Croaghgorm 674m
Starting Places (22) in area Bluestack Mountains:
An Leathchruach, Barnsmore Gap, Bensons Hill, Caldragh CP, Clogher South peak, Cruach Mhín an Neanta, Doobin, Eanybeg Water Bridge, Edergole Farm, Gaugin Mountain, Glennacree CP, Hillhead, Lough Finn West, Lough Magrath Beg NE, Lough Muck North, Meenaguse Lough, Sand Lough Forest Picnic Area, Scoil Náisúnta an Choimín, Sheskinlubanagh, Sruell Gap Farm, Sruell River Road, St Columbkilles Well and Altar
Summits & other features in area Bluestack Mountains:
Cen: Reelan Hills: Altnapaste 364m, Gaugin Mountain 565m, Lacroagh 403m, Boultypatrick 429m, Croveenananta 476m, Croaghubbrid 416m, 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 498.8m, Glascarns Hill 578.3m, 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: Binbane 453m, Binbane NE Top 439m, Lavagh Beg 650m, Lavagh More 671m, Binnasruell 505m, Carnaween 521m, Cloghmeen Hill 429m, Silver Hill 600m, Cullaghacro 476m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Highest Place: Croaghgorm 674m
Starting Places (22) in area Bluestack Mountains:
An Leathchruach, Barnsmore Gap, Bensons Hill, Caldragh CP, Clogher South peak, Cruach Mhín an Neanta, Doobin, Eanybeg Water Bridge, Edergole Farm, Gaugin Mountain, Glennacree CP, Hillhead, Lough Finn West, Lough Magrath Beg NE, Lough Muck North, Meenaguse Lough, Sand Lough Forest Picnic Area, Scoil Náisúnta an Choimín, Sheskinlubanagh, Sruell Gap Farm, Sruell River Road, St Columbkilles Well and AltarSummits & other features in area Bluestack Mountains:
Cen: Reelan Hills: Altnapaste 364m, Gaugin Mountain 565m, Lacroagh 403m, Boultypatrick 429m, Croveenananta 476m, Croaghubbrid 416m, 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 498.8m, Glascarns Hill 578.3m, 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: Binbane 453m, Binbane NE Top 439m, Lavagh Beg 650m, Lavagh More 671m, Binnasruell 505m, Carnaween 521m, Cloghmeen Hill 429m, Silver Hill 600m, Cullaghacro 476m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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'half-stack'), Donegal County in Ulster province, in Carn Lists, An Leathchruach is the 934th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference G93228 94572, OS 1:50k mapsheet 11
Place visited by: 24 members, recently by: Colin Murphy, dino, Wilderness, eamonoc, melohara, noucamp, markmjcampion, AntrimRambler, shaunkelly, madfrankie, Aidy, Fergalh, cody1, Lucky1, Geo
I visited this place: NO
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Bedrock type: Graphitic pelite, thin psammite, marble, (Croaghubbrid Pelite Formation)
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Lcrgh, 10 char: Lacroagh
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/812/
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Summary
for Lacroagh (An Leathchruach):
An unremarkable Top.
Summary created by Harry Goodman
23 Aug, 2013
LeathCrua (G93724 93563). Cross the road and take a track going N . This forms part of the Sli na Finne waymarked way. Although signed, this track at times is quite indistinct. However make for the obvious col between Lacroagh and Croveenananta and at B (G93588 94677) leave the track and go up left (SW) to the high point of Lacroagh which sits, unmarked, at the E end of the flat broad grass and peat hag covered summit area. It is most likely to be climbed in a round of a number of nearby tops on the same day. It is an unremarkable top and would hardly justify an outing where it is the sole objective of the walk.
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A slightly watered-down Bluestacks experience...
by Peter Walker
20 Jun 2011
Having started from the Reelan valley at ( LeathCrua (G937 936)) by walking up the Sli na Finne long distance path and nipping up Croveenananta, I returned to the col for the short climb up Lacroagh. A fence follows the right hand side of the ridgeline, possibly useful in mist but in clear conditions its course through the tough grass and bog is pretty arbitrary.
It's necessary to leave it to reach the top regardless, which is a shallow spur of grass a couple of hundred metres to the south/left unmarked by a cairn. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/812/comment/6381/
LeathCrua (G937 936)) by walking up the Sli na Finne long distance path and nipping up Croveenananta, I returned to the col for the short climb up Lacroagh. A fence follows the right hand side of the ridgeline, possibly useful in mist but in clear conditions its course through the tough grass and bog is pretty arbitrary. It's necessary to leave it to reach the top regardless, which is a shallow spur of grass a couple of hundred metres to the south/left unmarked by a cairn. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/812/comment/6381/
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Not great to look at, but great to look from.
by Colin Murphy
13 Jul 2023
If you're approaching from Croveenananta the climb from the col is less than 50m up a mostly grassy and firm slope. If you're coming up the Slí na Finne from the road, you'll have about 180m climbing, although that's fairly easy going also. It won't tax your legs too much. The highpoint is a grassy area topped by a small pile of stones, and the views are tremendous. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/812/comment/24005/
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A Remote Area
by Aidy
20 May 2016
Reached from Croveenananta, before proceeding to Croaghugagh. The walk over from Croveenananta was short, but not as easy it looked, with the low point on the col between the two being extremely boggy and very difficult to find a route through. i found the skeleton of a sheep there which probably got stuck and died in the mire. The top was broader and flatter than it looked from a distance too, with peat hags and deep heather to get through, but it was a short walk, and the views were great, around the surrounding peaks. For a short walk in fairly low hills, there was also a real feeling of being far from civilisation in this remote area. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/812/comment/18538/
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