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Boggeragh Mountains Area   S: Macroom Hills Subarea
Place count in area: 11, OSI/LPS Maps: 79, 80 
Highest place:
Musheramore, 642.7m
Maximum height for area: 642.7 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 439 metres,

Places in area Boggeragh Mountains:
Cen: Seefin:   Knockcraugh 434mSeefin 491mSeefin East Top 491m
N: Banteer:   Mount Hillary 391mTooreen 322m
NE: Bweeng:   Bweeng Little 414mBweengduff 416m
S: Macroom Hills:   Burren 380mKnockagreenan 263m
W: Musheramore:   Musherabeg 498.8mMusheramore 642.7m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Burren Hill Boireann A name in Irish (prob. Ir. Boireann [PDT], 'rocky place') Cork County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Sandstone and siltstone Bedrock

Height: 380m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 79 Grid Reference: W37663 78946
Place visited by 23 members. Recently by: John.geary, Pepe, chelman7, Fergalh, MichaelE, jimbloomer, Wildrover, Juanita, Daingean, CaminoPat, DeltaP, PeakPaul, eamonoc, sandman, DenisMc
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Longitude: -8.907558, Latitude: 51.959639 , Easting: 137663, Northing: 78946 Prominence: 155m,  Isolation: 5.7km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 537626 579006,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bur380, 10 char: Burren 380
Bedrock type: Sandstone and siltstone, (Gortanimill Formation)

Burren is the 999th highest place in Ireland. Burren is the second most southerly summit in the Boggeragh Mountains area.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Burren (<i>Boireann</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Summit Trig.
 
Awkward access
Short Summary created by sandman, jackill  7 Sep 2015
A tricky ascent as this hill is surrounded on 3 sides by farmland and on 1 side by windfarm construction. I ascended through farm land (less than ideal but didn't meet anyone) from W36490 78617 starA where there is room to park 2 cars on the roadside.
Note: although I went up this way , it may not be possible at some future point as there appeared to be a house being constructed at the access point to the fields. No restriction on access from point W3813178642 starB as oh Sept 2015. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/867/comment/5626/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Burren (<i>Boireann</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: The view east to heatherville
One km with 500m of misery.
by thomas_g  23 Jun 2012
Burren has been nagging me for a while, I kept seeing it on my profile, the closest hill to you is Burren and you haven't climbing it yet: so I did what any sensible person does, waited for a truly miserable day after several days of rain with poor visibility to 'enjoy' my trip to the top.
Being an avid student of the interweb - I found an interesting track from the north that promised a mere 700m of walking to bag my closest hill. Starting at the Burren power track at W38078 79548 starC (loads of room to park), I spent 5 mins being very pleased with myself that I'd found a easy way up on what was a pretty unpleasant day, then the track missed the summit and kept going - that wasn't in the plan. So there was nothing for it but set the GPS and head straight for the summit: 25 minutes of misery pushing through soaking wet, knee and sometime waist-high prickly bushes later, I finally found the trig point. If you must do it this way (I assume Jackills way is easier) I suggest you turn off the track at W38004 79020 starD and head up a steep track, when the track stops by the power poles, put on your gaiters and head almost due west - enjoy!
The upside: the 2km round trip took about an hour and warm tea cures all.
Update: Now my profile says closest unclimbed: Coolsnaghtig, Jackill says "a high point in the bog next to an overturned tree stump" - oh joy... Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/867/comment/14696/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Burren (<i>Boireann</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Famine memorial at Bawnmore
 
jackill on Burren, 2009
by jackill  24 Oct 2009
From some angles Burren I think could be an interesting lump.
Unfortunately on the day of my visit it was covered in fog and drenched in spitting rain.
I had intended to ascend from the east on the track at W38131 78642 starB but found this whole side of the mountain peppered in "private land" signs. Instead I made a some what longer ascent through farm land (less than ideal but didn't meet anyone) from W36490 78617 starA. As of October 2009 there was evidence of lots of windfarm activity around adding to the challenge of access.
I passed an interesting memorial underneath Burren at Bawnmore crossroads. It commemorates a soup house that operated near the cross during the great famine and remembers all those who died during that time. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/867/comment/4224/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Burren (<i>Boireann</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: View from top
Masochists will enjoy
by chelman7  16 Jul 2020
Had to do as it was in my local 100 list, but wouldn't recommend unless you enjoy chest high heather and prickly furze. My dog disappeared completely in the undergrowth. Still, nice view from the top. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/867/comment/20821/
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