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Feature count in area: 9, by county: Clare: 8, Galway: 1,
OSI/LPS Maps: 52, 58
Highest Place: Moylussa 531.6m
Starting Places (6) in area East Clare:
Ballycuggeran Forest, Belvoir Trailhead, Clarisford Park, Glenagalliagh, Glenwanish, Two Mile Gate CP
Summits & other features in area East Clare:
Cen: Slieve Bernagh: Ballykildea Mountain 412m, Cragnamurragh 526m, Glennagalliagh Mountain 446m, Moylussa 531.6m
N: Slieve Aughty: Cappaghabaun Mountain East 378m, Cashlaundrumlahan 358m, Maghera 400m
S: 12 O'Clock Hills: Knockanuarha 309m
S: Sixmilebridge: Woodcock Hill 310m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Highest Place: Moylussa 531.6m
Starting Places (6) in area East Clare:
Ballycuggeran Forest, Belvoir Trailhead, Clarisford Park, Glenagalliagh, Glenwanish, Two Mile Gate CPSummits & other features in area East Clare:
Cen: Slieve Bernagh: Ballykildea Mountain 412m, Cragnamurragh 526m, Glennagalliagh Mountain 446m, Moylussa 531.6m
N: Slieve Aughty: Cappaghabaun Mountain East 378m, Cashlaundrumlahan 358m, Maghera 400m
S: 12 O'Clock Hills: Knockanuarha 309m
S: Sixmilebridge: Woodcock Hill 310m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Grid Reference R51754 91066, OS 1:50k mapsheet 52
Place visited by: 52 members, recently by: annem, oakesave, mrmikelennon, jasonpdk, chelman7, BarnabyNutt, DeirdreM, bryanmccabe, Oscar-mckinney, Jai-mckinney, Carolyn105, Krzysztof_K, johncusack, CusackCharlie, CusackMargaret
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Bedrock type: Mudstone, siltstone, conglomerate, (Ayle River Formation)
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Mgh400, 10 char: Maghera
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/838/
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Summary
for Maghera (An Machaire):
Tar and TV
Summary created by Colin Murphy, aidand
17 Feb, 2023
A similar but slightly short route is to proceed from B (R52403 89504), another forest entrance, where there is parking for a couple of cars without blocking entrance. Follow track up taking first left after about 350m, then left again at crossroads, go straight through next crossroads and then follow track as it swings NE all the way to the summit, marked by a TV mast. The highpoint appears to be a rough bank on the west side of the rail surrounding mast. Summit area is an exposed fairly bleak affair. Time up and down, about 70 leisurely minutes.
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paddyhillsbagger on Maghera
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: mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/4363/
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madfrankie on Maghera
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 C (R5295 8975)) 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: mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/4047/
Being the lazy sort, I was a mite disappointed to discover the gates described by Salamander (grid ref C (R5295 8975)) 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: mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/4047/
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mkinane on Maghera
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: mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/4054/
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One for summit baggers only!
by TommyV
6 Jul 2021
This is an easy walk out and back along a forest track starting at B (R52403 89504). 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. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/20099/
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salamander on Maghera
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: mountainviews.ie/summit/838/comment/2955/
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