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Cashel Hill 311m, Fox Island 5m, Green Island 1m,
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Bweengduff: The Shiddy Way?

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 3 days ago
This isn't a particularly interesting hill, although after a prolonged rainy period, I did see multiple gushing streams on my walk, some of them having flooded sections of the forest track. T...

Glenshee ramble

Track 4830 billbaggins 6 days ago
Parked at the Ski Centre, NO 141 775. Cycled down to parking spot at NO 131 757 and began hiking. Reached A93 at ... walk, Len: 24.6km, Climb: 1296m, Area: Creag Leacach SW Top, Braemar to Montro|...

Carrigshouk: Lovely loop

Summit Comment 500plusclub a day ago
Lovely loop up one side and down the other . On a clear day you have a great view north and south.

Bweengduff: A good forest road to access this summit

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 3 days ago
Park at a forest entrance W46444 88741, room for 5 cars. Follow the track into the forest , along the Duhallow way, taking the second left, then the first right, then second left then first r...

Seefin East Top: An easy bog trot.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 3 days ago
This is an easy walk starting from the large carpark at W34900 86100 and following the track (which is show as part of the Dulhallow way on the Discovery map) past bog works and the access ro...

Ballinruan

Track 4834 anthonygriffin99 a week ago
walk, Len: 4.5km, Climb: 94m, Area: East Clare (Ireland) ||

Seefin: An easy road with distant balcony views but nearby clutter

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 4 days ago
This is an easy walk starting from the large carpark at W34900 86100 and following the track (which is show as part of the Dulhallow way on the Discovery map) past bog works along the access ...

Inisbroon: Interesting looking island

Island Comment markwallace 6 days ago
Just a photo of this striking looking little island, which I haven’t visited. As seen from around Renvyle point, it consists of a grassy ramp ending abruptly at a line of crumbling cliffs. Lo...

Meall nan Tarmachan

Track 4832 billbaggins a week ago
walk, Len: 15.4km, Climb: 912m, Area: Meall nan Tarmachan SE Top, Glen Lyon to ...

Seefin - Seefin East Top

Track 4833 Colin Murphy 4 days ago
This track takes in Seefin and Seefin East Top and will take roughly 1 hour 45 minutes hours to compete. There is am... walk, Len: 7.1km, Climb: 375m, Area: Seefin, Boggeragh Mountains (Ireland) Se||

Knocklettercuss: A grand viewpoint into the Wild Nephin National Park

Summit Comment gerrym a week ago
Bangor Erris gives easy access to Knocklettercuss and there is parking for hundreds at the GAA pitch which it literally a few steps from the start of the Bangor Trail. Thankfully its wetness ...

Slievelamagan: Steep, rocky peak with great local views

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: markmjcampion a week ago
Slieve Lamagan in the E Mournes is a rough, rocky prominence whose SW spur can cause much huffing and puffing. The peak takes the form of a S-N ridge with a lesser gap on the N side, and with...
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South Connemara Area   N: Cashel Subarea
Place count in area: 14, OSI/LPS Maps: 44, 45, EW-CON 
Highest place: Shannavara, 358m
Maximum height for area: 358 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 329 metres,

Places in area South Connemara:
Cen: Kilkieran:   Cnoc Mordáin 354m
E: Moycullen:   Newtown Hill 198m
N: Cashel:   Cashel Hill 311mLettershinna Hill 192m
N: Derroura:   Cappanalaurabaun 273mKeeraunnageeragh 305m
N: Oughterard:   Cloghermore 280mKnocknasilloge 346mKnocknalee 291mLeam Hill 253m
N: Shannavara:   Knockadav 224mShannavara 358m
S: Lettermore:   Lettermore 117m
W: Roundstone:   Errisbeg 300m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Cashel Hill Hill Cnoc an Chaisil A name in Irish (Ir. Cnoc an Chaisil [OSI], 'hill of an Caiseal or the stone
ring-fort') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Binnion List, Hornblende metagabbros & metanorites Bedrock

Height: 311m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 44 Grid Reference: L80036 43672
Place visited by 55 members. Recently by: jlk, garrettd, Joshua3, TommyMc, Geo, blowin, Damian120, TommyV, conormcbandon, Haulie, paulbrown, Wilderness, mdoc1969, StephenH16, Oileanach
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Longitude: -9.805584, Latitude: 53.4297 , Easting: 80036, Northing: 243672 Prominence: 285m,  Isolation: 3.1km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 480012 743695,   GPS IDs, 6 char: CshlHl, 10 char: Cashel Hil
Bedrock type: Hornblende metagabbros & metanorites, (Metagabbro and Related Lithologies)

Cashel / An Caiseal is the name of a settlement south of the hill, and also a townland. The townland is named from the earth- and stone-banked 'ringfort' or cashel surrounding the old cemetery in Caiseal Ard / High Cashel. This is probably an Early Christian religious site (TR, 72). Walks: for a route to the summit from the SW, see Whilde & Simms, New Irish Walk Guide - West and North, 30.   Cashel Hill is the 1137th highest place in Ireland. Cashel Hill is the second most westerly summit in the South Connemara area.
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One of the finest views in the west of Ireland
by Damian120  6 Jan 2019
Follow the directions as detailed by the other contributors and once you are through both gates I would immediately continue on the ascent as the full impact of that remarkable Connemara vista will hit you full on. It's stunning. I've been there four times now and hope to do it again as for the life of me I cannot locate the Scrahallia Wedge Tomb which is located at the foot of Cashel Hill. Not the most challenging of hikes but trust me the scenery is striking. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/947/comment/20322/
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