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Donegal Central Area , SW: Glendowan Mountains Subarea
Feature count in area: 15, all in Donegal, OSI/LPS Maps: 1, 2, 6
Highest Place: Moylenanav 539m

Starting Places (28) in area Donegal Central:
Astelleen Burn Waterfall, Ballyarr, Binnadoo, Braughan Road, Drumfin Bridge, Edenacarnan East, Edenacarnan North, Edenacarnan South, Garrangalta Rocks, Gartan Wood, Glenveagh Bridge, Glenveagh National Park SW, Glenveigh Castle, Losset North, Lough Acrobane Farmhouse, Lough Acrobane South, Lough Acrobane South West, Lough Barra Slipway CP, Lough Barra W, Lough Natooey West, Lough Salt North, Lough Salt West, Moyle Hill, Nabrackbaddy Lough, Parochial House, River Barra Bridge NE, River Barra Bridge SW, Sruhancrolee Bridge

Summits & other features in area Donegal Central:
NE: Loughsalt Hills: Crockmore 349m, Croaghmore 278m, Edenacarnan 192m, Loughaskerry 252m, Loughsalt Mountain 469m, Moyle Hill 148m, Stragraddy Mountain 285m
SW: Glendowan Mountains: Binswilly 337m, Brown Mountain 224m, Cionn Bheatha 384m, Crockastoller 418m, Farscallop 420.6m, Gartan Mountain 357m, Leahanmore 442m, Moylenanav 539m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Gartan Mountain, 357m Hill Sliabh Gartáin A name in Irish,
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Ir. Sliabh Gartáin [logainm.ie], 'mountain of Gartán’, Donegal County in Ulster province, in Binnion Lists, Gartan Mountain is the 1045th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference C05000 20800, OS 1:50k mapsheet 6
Place visited by: 21 members, recently by: mcrtchly, kernowclimber, Wilderness, Jojo1891, finkey86, Fergalh, galwayray, hgboyle, magicstep, kmoore, chalky, kenmoore, Brambler, Lucky1, Vikingr2013
I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)
Longitude: -7.922592, Latitude: 55.034565, Easting: 205000, Northing: 420800, Prominence: 212m,  Isolation: 4.3km
ITM: 604948 920784
Bedrock type: Coarse biotite granite & granodiorite, (Main Donegal Granite)
Notes on name: This peak is unnamed on OS maps. It is located in the townland of Loughaskerry. Any information on the correct name of this hill would be welcome. Has been called Carrowtrasna or Gartan Mountain.
  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: GrtnMn, 10 char: GrtnMntn

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Summary for Gartan Mountain (Sliabh Gartáin): Flattish wild top with good views.
Summary created by simon3 11 Oct, 2015
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Picture: Gartan Mountain from the west.
An obvious start for this summit is from the path at A (C03585 20777).
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Picture: Cairn overlooking Lough Inshagh
A hill that punches above its weight
by kernowclimber 28 Feb 2024
Moving house is a major ordeal for most people, but for the MV hillwalker it comes with additional angst. A NEW LOCAL 100 LIST!!! Alas, in moving from Wicklow to Donegal, I now have over 60% of summits to climb in my local area, hence my hike up Gartan Mountain, which is anything but a featureless lump in the bog as expected.

We tackled this from the former (southern) entrance into the Glenveagh Estate. At B (C05480 18013) turn right through a gateway sporting deer head. Continue along the road to a small car park serving St Colmcille’s Abbey and graveyard. Through an estate gate, follow the well-maintained track which traverses open moorland with expansive views over the bog sweeping up to Cionn Bheatha and Leahanmore. On a sunny day in late winter, the warm russet of the bog was ablaze and, in the distance, the snowy peaks of Errigal and Dooish soared into a speedwell-blue sky. Alongside the track, occasional thickets of prickly heath dripping with scarlet red berries contrasted with the egg-yolk yellow of the gorse flower.

At the deer fence, pass through the gate and ascend initially handrailing the fence. The terrain is rough with swathes of knee-high dry yellow grass interspersed with spongy moss, heather and sly patches of bog. The terrain improves as the grass gives way to exposed moorstone, wiry heather, bilberry and dwarf juniper. We paused at a small cairn C (C04644 20296) to behold the magnificent view of Lough Inshagh, an indigo-blue ribbon of water with a tiny white sand beach at its NNE end. The summit is still several hundred metres away and out of sight. As the slope levels off, a number of eroded peat hags and bog pools appear, and we startled a brace of red grouse in the heather who took to the air nosily. The summit is marked by a substantial cairn of moorstone.

Gartan Mountain punches above its weight in terms of scenery: north, the periwinkle-blue Atlantic, the Urris Hills and the sandy crescent of sand at Downings; NE, gnarly Lough Salt Mountain; south, Gartan Lough and the Bluestacks lined up like soldiers on parade; and to the west, the mysterious inky-blue Lough Veagh beyond which lie Muckish and the Algas.

We returned to the track leading to Glenveagh Castle, but left the fence heading downhill over more benign ground to the left of a prominent boulder at D (C04096 19820). The castle above the shore of the Lough Veagh is little over 3.5km away and shouldn’t be missed. Built between 1867 and 1873 in Scottish baronial style by the infamous Captain John George Adair, it is surrounded by delightfully landscaped gardens. The patches of snowdrops, daffodils, blooming rhododendrons, magnolias and camelias, heralded the first flush of spring. The gardens are free to visit, but a tour through the interior of the castle is worth the entrance fee. After refreshments in the tea shop surrounded by cheeky wild birds, each one an opportunist thief, we returned the 6.5km via the track to the start point. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/890/comment/24141/
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Picture: View W to An Liathan Mor and Glenveigh Hills from top of Loughaskerry
A small hill but do not underestimate it !
by Harry Goodman 20 Jul 2010
As this hill had not been commented on previously in mv, accompanied by two of my grand-sons, I decided to climb it on 15 July 2010. We parked off-road by the R251 at LossN (C06422 22697). Our initial climb SW was over trackless rough ground of long grass and bog with occasional patches of smooth rock to assist our progress. Once beyond Pt. 308 E (C05413 21518), a number of ups and downs and some small peat hags had to be negotiated and led to a clear grassy coll. From here an initial steep climb brought us to a cairn marking the top of the hill at F (C05080 20801). From the top we had fine views W and S to An Liathan Mor and the hills around Glenveigh, N to Muckish, and E to Inishowen. On heading down NW steep and, at times, rocky ground called for some care in the descent. From the coll we had a splendid view SW over Lough Inshagh backed by the sharp top of An Liathan Mor. From here the ground up to Pt 313 G (C04300 20997) was initially steep past a prominent rock band before levelling out to a gentle climb to the top, an unmarked grassy area above a small erroded patch of peat bog. The walk down NW to meet the Gartan Track, through high grass, concealed rocks and bog made for heavy going. At the track A (C03585 20777) we turned right and followed it down to the Glenveigh access road where we turned left along the Lough to Glenveigh Casle for welcome refresments before taking the Shuttle Bus to the Visitor Centre and our arranged pick up. In the absense of a lift or second car it is a 3.5k walk back along the R251 to the start point. This is a small but not to be underestimated hill, requiring careful navigation in poor visibility. End to end the walk was some 7k, approx 350m of climb and could be completed in under 2 hours. While this top could be bagged by going up and back down from the R251 or the Gartan Track I would recommend the linear route walked even if the road walk had to be included. If doing it as a looped walk park at the Glenveigh Visitor Centre and get the road walking over at the start. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/890/comment/5958/
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