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Ballyarthur Hill 353.3m,
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Burney: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
Parked to the North East and followed grassy track to summit marked with a trig pillar

Scout Scar: Short trek from Summit

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
A few hundred metres south of Scout Scar leads you to the Wainwright Outlying summit. This is not on the Mountainviews lists. This summit is marked by a peculiar mushroom type structure.

Scout Scar: Short walk to summit from track

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
Parked to the North at small car park on Underbarrow Road and crossed road and than followed track south towards Scout Scar. After a short walk a short trek east of the track leads to scree filled...

Low Pike: Slow tricky section if doing the fairfield horseshoe clockwise

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
The ground between High Pike and Low Pike is very rocky and steep. This section of the Fairfield horseshoe is a bit slow if going clockwise. On the day we did it most people were doing the circuit...

High Pike (Scandale): Steep descent from High Pike

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
There is a very steep decent off High Pike towards Low Pike

High Pike (Scandale): Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
From Dove Crag the snow disappeared and the track reappeared to its full extent. Quite a long trek but straightforward and uneventful. The summit is marked by a small cairn

Dove Crag: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
From Hart Crag head southeast along track with a small descent and ascent until you reach the summit marked by a small cairn

Hart Crag: More great views

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
Great of the snowy eastern Fells in the sun here

Hart Crag: Snowy walk along the head of the valley

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
From Fairfield head south east along track. A small descent followed by a short ascent through the snow to the summit marked by a small cairn

Fairfield: High Point of the horseshoe

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
The walk to Fairfield was straight forward along the track from Great Rigg the track eventually widened out to a largely flat area marked by a small cairn. The snow was quite extensive here so our...

Great Rigg: Great view for a great mountain

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
Great Rigg has a great view south of the full ridge with the previous 3 peaks we had climbed

Great Rigg: Continue on track to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh an hour ago
Follow the track North from Heron Fell North Top keeping the steep cliffs on your right. A small descent is follwoed by a steep ascent to another summit marked by a small cairn
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Ballyhoura Mountains Area   E: Ballyarthur Subarea
Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 73 
Highest place: Seefin Mountain West Top, 528m
Maximum height for area: 528 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 383 metres,

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Ballyarthur Hill Hill Cnoc Bhaile Artúir A name in Irish
also Lisnalanniv Hill an extra name in English
(poss. Ir. ‡Cnoc Bhaile Artúir [PDT], 'hill of Baile Artúir') Cork County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Thick-bedded pale-red sandstone Bedrock

Height: 353.3m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 73 Grid Reference: R78951 17774
Place visited by 40 members. Recently by: Stephblewitt, mlmoroneybb, sarahryanowen, John.geary, cclair, Daingean, magnumpig, Wildrover, paddyhillsbagger, FrankMc1964, Juanita, CaminoPat, PeakPaul, tommccarthy, Cobhclimber
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Longitude: -8.309349, Latitude: 52.311675 , Easting: 178952, Northing: 117775 Prominence: 208.25m,  Isolation: 3.8km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 578906 617826,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BlyrHl, 10 char: BlyrthrHil
Bedrock type: Thick-bedded pale-red sandstone, (Galtymore Formation)

Named Lisnalanniv Hill on the old ½ series. Ballyarthur is a townland in the parish of Mashallstown and Fermoy, barony of Condons and Clangibbon. The Irish form of this name is Baile Artúir [logainm.ie].   Ballyarthur Hill is the 1052th highest place in Ireland. Ballyarthur Hill is the most easterly summit in the Ballyhoura Mountains area.
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An easy to miss access point .. by group   (Show all for Ballyarthur Hill (Cnoc Bhaile Artúir))
 
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by hivisibility  29 Nov 2013
That JCB is there for some months now. its best to tuck in to the right of the passage as you go up. They'll be just about room to park and not block the access. Its certainly not a place to reverse back down!! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/895/comment/15273/
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have you got 20 minutes? .. by sbender   (Show all for Ballyarthur Hill (Cnoc Bhaile Artúir))
 
Who needs 20 minutes? .. by Onzy   (Show all for Ballyarthur Hill (Cnoc Bhaile Artúir))
 
Track Parking Blocked .. by thomas_g   (Show all for Ballyarthur Hill (Cnoc Bhaile Artúir))
 
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