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Mynydd Egryn: The view from the south

Summit Comment Fergalh 6 hours ago
The wall and the ascent can be clearky seen in this photograph from the south

Craig y Penmaen: Short climb to summit from track

Summit Comment Fergalh 6 hours ago
Parked beside church to the north and followed grass farm track south to the base of this hill . A steep climb on north side of hill alongside a wall heading up east follows. At a gap in the cl...

Mynydd Egryn: Follow the wall north

Summit Comment Fergalh 6 hours ago
From Mynydd Egryn South Top a short descent north and than a long ascent alongside the wall leads to this summit marked with a large cairn.

Mynydd Egryn South Top: Near but not so far from 'real' summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 6 hours ago
An unusual one this normally the trig pillar is the summit in this case the cairn nearby is

Mynydd Egryn South Top: Steep climb up form the south

Summit Comment Fergalh 6 hours ago
Took very steep lane north out of Barmouth to the Panorama walk car park. Left there and walked north to the track to the communications mast. Followed track north of this to the summit which w...

Mochowgryn: View from east

Summit Comment Fergalh 7 hours ago
We had a cold but clear day, this is a remote featureless area so navigation in fog could be tricky

Mochowgryn: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 7 hours ago
From Arenig Fach we descended to the west over a flat area with a mixture of frozen bog and heather. Than a heather bash to summit marked with a few stones left over from a cairn. Afterwards de...

Arenig Fach: From the west

Summit Comment Fergalh 8 hours ago
Not as big as its neighbour Arenig Fawr but much more prominent. Great panoramic views over a wide area from the summit but given the cold wind the day I was up did not spend long soaking it in

Arenig Fach: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 8 hours ago
Parked at layby at the beginning of the B4393 to the south . Crossed fence and headed north for a while passing underneath the electricity pylons before reaching the western slopes of the Mount...

Errigal: Pink Super Moon

Summit Comment mcrtchly 15 hours ago
Pink Super Moon sets close to Errigal and Mackoght, viewed from Lough Salt, April 2021

Foel Lluestbadlon: View looking west from track south of summit

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
This was the point when we realised that we had spent all day on peaks over 500 metres and there was still a long way down to the valley and than up to the starting point !

Foel Lluestbadlon: Long trek back to starting point

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
From Drum Ddu we headed west back to county boundary summit and than down to a col over tusocky and heathery grass. From there a slog to this unmarked summit in the heather. Afterwards we dropp...
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East Clare Area   N: Slieve Aughty Subarea
Place count in area: 9, OSI/LPS Maps: 52, 58 
Highest place: Moylussa, 531.6m
Maximum height for area: 531.6 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 501.6 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Maghera Hill An Machaire A name in Irish (Ir. An Machaire [OSI], 'the plain') Clare County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Mudstone, siltstone, conglomerate Bedrock

Height: 400m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 52 Grid Reference: R51754 91066
Place visited by 33 members. Recently by: markwallace, cclair, finkey86, magnumpig, wicklore, MichaelE, eamonoc, jimbloomer, jlk, chalky, Miranda, peter1, TommyV, kitchen, Fergalh
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Longitude: -8.718819, Latitude: 52.968502 , Easting: 151754, Northing: 191066 Prominence: 345m,  Isolation: 15.3km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 551714 691101,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Mgh400, 10 char: Maghera
Bedrock type: Mudstone, siltstone, conglomerate, (Ayle River Formation)

Maghera is the 956th highest place in Ireland. Maghera is the most westerly summit in the East Clare area.
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Short Summary created by aidand  1 Jul 2013
There is a large RTE transmitter on the top of Maghera with a tarred road up to the summit. There is room to park several cars at the, usually locked, gates at R529 897 A. Allow just over an hour for the walk to and from the top. This is a pleasant enough walk through coniferous forest. During my visit there were large numbers of orchids in bloom on the roadside near the summit. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/5597/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Maghera (<i>An Machaire</i>) in area East Clare, Ireland
Picture: Maghera masts with residue snow		  
paddyhillsbagger on Maghera, 2010
by paddyhillsbagger  17 Jan 2010
Unlike some other comments, I enjoyed the hike to the top of Maghera as it afforded a fine vista of the surronding hills all the way up and down the RTE road. I did get a bit of rain on the top but it soon cleared. An easy top to bag. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/4363/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Maghera (<i>An Machaire</i>) in area East Clare, Ireland
Picture: The road to the summit...and the exciting view from the summit.
madfrankie on Maghera, 2009
by madfrankie  25 Aug 2009
If you like low undramatic hills covered in coniferous forestry, with an out-of-the-way vibe, than this is the place for you.
Being the lazy sort, I was a mite disappointed to discover the gates described by Salamander (grid ref R5295 8975 B) locked. So it was on with the boots and up the tarred road. We were soon into low cloud, but it wasn't long before the RTE transmission tower and buildings loomed out of the gloom. The unmarked summit is no more than a rise in the grass beside the tower. The low cloud reduced visibility, but I'm not sure we were missing much.
You should be up and down in about an hour. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/4047/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Maghera (<i>An Machaire</i>) in area East Clare, Ireland
Picture: The mast at the summit		  
One for summit baggers only!
by TommyV  25 Oct 2018
This is an easy walk out and back along a forest track starting at R52403 89504 C. This track joins with a tarred road that leads to the summit. The views at the top are restricted as the mountain is planted with trees. The fact that my best picture is of the actual large mast at the top of the hill says it all. Hard to believe this is the second highest point in Clare. One for the summit baggers only. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/20099/
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mkinane on Maghera, 2009
by mkinane  27 Aug 2009
Its well worth walking up from the other side, as it has little planted foresty and great veiws over looking Galway and Lough Cutra Castle in the distance. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/4054/
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salamander on Maghera, 2008
by salamander  3 Feb 2008
Thought i might park at foot of the mountain and take the path up. Turns out there's a road all the way up to the mast on the top. Unfortunatly trees obscure any view, though i didn't have time to look around much. This hill was a bit of a let down. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/2955/
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