Slievecallan, Sliabh Calláin 391m hill, West Clare S: Ennis Hills Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Collaborative entry Last edit by: markmjcampion 2 weeks ago
Hungry Hill in the Caha Mts is the highest peak in the Beara peninsula with commanding views of much of W Cork and S Kerry as well as Cape Clear and the Skelligs. It's topped by a boggy plate...

A rough, tough 6-hour slog.

Track 4936

Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
This was rewarding only in the sense that I bagged 3 Carns and there was some pleasant scenery. Other than that, to ... walk, Len: 12.4km, Climb: 472m, Area: Collin Top, Antrim Hills (Ireland) Coll||

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West Clare Area S: Ennis Hills Subarea

Place count in area: 14, OSI/LPS Maps: 51, 52, 57, 58
Highest place:

Slievecallan, 391m
Maximum height for area: 391 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 365 metres,

Places in area West Clare:
Cen: Ennistymon Hills:

Clifden Hill 189m

Knocknalarabana 204m
NE: Burren East:

Slievecarran 326m
NW: Burren West:

Aillwee 304m

Gleninagh Mountain 316.1m

Slieve Elva 344m
S: Ennis Hills:

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

Slievecallan Hill Sliabh Calláin A name in Irish, also Mount Callan an extra name in English (Ir. Sliabh Calláin [logainm.ie] , poss. 'mountain of the height') Clare County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Sandstone, siltstone & mudstone Bedrock

Height: 391m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 57 Grid Reference: R14422 77360
Place visited by 39 members. Recently by: Oscar-mckinney, Jai-mckinney, Carolyn105, rquirke27, JohnRea, finkey86, gaoithe, eamonoc, MagdaK, NickDown, FrankMc1964, epona2018, MichaelE, jimbloomer, johnnyireland
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Longitude: -9.270725, Latitude: 52.840719 , Easting: 114422, Northing: 177360 Prominence: 365m, Isolation: 3.1km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 514390 677398, GPS IDs, 6 char: Slvcln, 10 char: Slvcln
Bedrock type: Sandstone, siltstone & mudstone, (Central Clare Group)

Slievecallan is an isolated peak, the highest in SW Clare. Given the altitude and boggy, infertile terrain, Callán/Collán is more likely to be the element meaning 'height' which appears in names such as Sliabh gCallann (Slieve Gallion in Derry) and Collann (Collon, Co. Louth) than coll(-án), 'hazel' . The monuments and place-names on the mountain were the subject of some considerable controversy in the late 18th and 19th centuries, when theories were advanced that rituals of pre-Christian sun worship took place here. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 193-201) for details of the festive assembly on Slievecallan. Slievecallan is the highest hill in the West Clare area and the 972nd highest in Ireland. Slievecallan is the second most southerly summit in the West Clare area.
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Sliabh Callan through wind farm .. by gaoithe (Show all for Slievecallan (Sliabh Calláin))

Access? .. by Jamessheerin (Show all for Slievecallan (Sliabh Calláin))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slievecallan (<i>Sliabh Calláin</i>) in area West Clare, Ireland

Picture: The lonely cairn looking out to my home.....somewhere

The home peak

by TommyV 6 Nov 2018

This mountain has a personal significance for me as I could see it from our kitchen window when I was growing up and I always found myself staring over at it wondering what it was like on top and what the views were like. The mountain now has a windfarm on it and the last time I climbed it the windfarm was under construction. From the R474 at R13554 75614 star

A this road can be followed around to a farm building at R13497 76829 star

B where it's possible to then branch off left onto the open mountain to climb a steep hill to the boggy plateau leading to the trig point on the summit.

Lovely views north to the Burren and west along the Clare coast line. Retrace your steps back to the start point. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/850/comment/20094/

Fine views, inbetween the mist! .. by paddyhillsbagger (Show all for Slievecallan (Sliabh Calláin))

Easy Walking .. by sandman (Show all for Slievecallan (Sliabh Calláin))

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