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Feature count in area: 24, all in Donegal,
OSI/LPS Maps: 10
Highest Place: Slieve League 596.4m
Starting Places (1) in area Donegal SW: Port Pier
Summits & other features in area Donegal SW: Maum 325m N: Sliabh Tuaidh: Tormore Island South 94m, Tormore Island North 139m, Crockuna 400m, Slievetooey 511m, Slievetooey Far West Top 460m, Slievetooey West Top 472m NE: Glengesh: Balbane Hill 472m, Glengesh Hill 390m, Common Mountain 499.7m, Crocknapeast 497m, Croaghavehy 372m, Mulmosog Mountain 351m, Mulnanaff 475m NW: Glencolmkille: Croaghacullion 374m, Croaghloughdivna 310m S: Killybegs Hills: Croaghacullin 405m, Croaghmuckros 275m, Crownarad 493m, Crownarad SW Top 471m SW: Slieve League: Crockrawer 435.2m, Leahan 427m, Slieve League 596.4m, Slieve League SE Top 576.7m
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Croaghacullion, 374mHill Cnoc Chruach an Chuilinn A name in Irish,
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Ir. Cnoc Chruach an Chuilinn [logainm.ie], 'hill of Cruach an Chuilinn or the stack of the holly’, Donegal County in Ulster province, in Binnion Lists, Cnoc Chruach an Chuilinn is the 1010th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference G57047 86982,
OS 1:50k mapsheet 10 Place visited by: 14members, recently by: dino, eamonoc, Fergalh, hgboyle, sandman, Aidy, chalky, juliewoods, Jamessheerin, Brambler, johnnyphil, shaygo, gerrym, three5four0
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Longitude: -8.667474, Latitude: 54.728979, Easting: 157047, Northing: 386982,
Prominence: 239m, Isolation: 3.3km ITM: 557006 886973 Bedrock type: Whitish quartzite with pebble beds, (Slieve Tooey Quartzite Formation) Notes on name: Cruach an Chuilinn / Croaghacullion is a townland in the parish of Glencolumbkille.
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Crg374, 10 char: Crghcln374 Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/873/
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Add a Place Comment for Croaghacullion, Cnoc Chruach an Chuilinn (873) in Area: Donegal SW, NW: Glencolmkille, County: Donegal, NW: Glencolmkille
Another Fine day in Glencolmcille, is there any other? After the previous nights supping Guinness in one of my favourite pubs it was time to blow the cobwebs away with a good walk before the drive home.
From The Hill walkers Centre at A (G528 847), several loop walks have been created which go up onto Beefan & Garveross Mountain (see here http://www.ionadsiul.ie/loop.htm ). Follow The Drum Loop past the Telecommunications Mast to B (G551 863), from here cross a wide col and climb up to pt 324, go past Lough Astoller then a new looking Cain. Continue past Loughinisland & a peaty area to the summit of Croaghacullion. Good views towards Port and on the way back towards the Sturrall, a fine and relatively dry under foot ascent. Descent the same as ascent or follow the rest of the Drum Loop, the Megalithic Tomb (really several Tombs) passed on the ascent are well worth a visit. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/873/comment/3735/
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Picture: Slieve League and Dartry Mountains, near the top.
Could Be Combined With Other Local Walks
by Aidy
14 Jun 2015
We spent a couple of days in Glencolmcille, doing two walks, one with the family part of the way on the Tower Loop, up to the lookout Tower, then on to Sturrall Head. On the second day I went on my own up to Croaghacullion, starting out at the Church of Ireland church, and initially taking the waymarked loop walk route counterclockwise. The track can be followed to the prominent communications mast, where I headed off to the right/east across open bog. It was then just a question of ascending increasingly high little summits until the top was reached. The ground was very dry in the conditions I had, but it looked like this route could be a real quagmire after a wet period. After initial heather covered ground, and a good view stretches of peat hags, the terrain became increasingly eroded, exposing large areas of bare peat, and stony areas where the bedrock came to the surface. Views were great all the way up, out to sea past Glencolmcille, down to Port, over to Slieve League and beyond to the Dartry Mountains. There were also several picturesque loughs near the summit. If I was only there for one day however, I would try to combine this summit with a longer walk that stretches over to the lookout tower and Sturrall Head on the coast. Sturrall Head in particular was spectacular, and probably better than any view from Croaghacullion itself. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/873/comment/18122/
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