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North East Midlands Area   Cen: Oldcastle Subarea
Place count in area: 24, OSI/LPS Maps: 26, 27, 27A, 28, 28A, 28B, 34, 35, 36, 41 
Highest place:
Cornasaus, 339m
Maximum height for area: 339 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 224 metres,

Places in area North East Midlands:
Cen: Ballyjamesduff:   Aghalion Hill 249m
Cen: Oldcastle:   Mullaghmeen 258mSlieve Na Calliagh 276mSpire of Lloyd 131mThe Hill of Mael 241m
E: Kingscourt:   Carrickleck Hill 173m
N Cen: Cavan Town:   Shantemon 218mSlieve Glah 320mTievenanass 261m
NE: Ballybay:   Bunnanimma 268m
NE: Carrickmacross:   Corduff 243m
NE: Castleblaney:   Mullyash Mountain 317m
NE: Cen Bailieborough:   Cornasaus 339mTaghart South 290m
NW Cen: Arva:   Bruse Hill 260m
NW: Aughavas:   Lugganammer 190m
S Cen: Crookedwood:   Cruckboeltane 199mKnockeyon 214m
S: Westmeath South West:   Knockastia 200m
SE: Boyne Valley:   Hill of Slane 160.4mMount Oriel 251mTara 155m
W: Ardagh:   Bawn Mountain 200m
W: Drumlish:   Corn Hill 278m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Slieve Na Calliagh Hill Sliabh na Caillí A name in Irish (Ir. Sliabh na Caillí [logainm.ie], 'mountain of the hag') County Highpoint of Meath in Leinster Province, in County Highpoint, Binnion Lists, Calcareous red-mica greywacke Bedrock

Height: 276m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 42 Grid Reference: N58617 77580
Place visited by 366 members. Recently by: maitiuocoimin, Aneta.jablonska, Alanjm, ElaineM76, marcellawalking, Jai-mckinney, Oscar-mckinney, megk971, Hjonna, jimmel567, Cecil1976, Kirsty, Solliden, sofearghail, croche
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Longitude: -7.112337, Latitude: 53.744699 , Easting: 258617, Northing: 277580 Prominence: 171m,  Isolation: 11.8km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 658553 777595,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvNCl, 10 char: SlvNClgh
Bedrock type: Calcareous red-mica greywacke, (Clontail Formation)

The archaeological complex on several of the tops of these hills, consisting of passage tombs with megalithic art on their walls, is best known as Loughcrew. This is the name of a townland and a parish in the area, and the complex lies within this parish. Several of the most important monuments in the complex are located in the townland of Carnbane. The name Sliabh na Caillí refers to the Cailleach Bhéirre or Hag of Beara. Here she is said to have jumped from one hill to the next, dropping stones from her apron to form the cairns.   Slieve Na Calliagh is the 1220th highest place in Ireland. Slieve Na Calliagh is the highest point in county Meath.

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Not just another pile of stones .. by group   (Show all for Slieve Na Calliagh (Sliabh na Caillí))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slieve Na Calliagh (<i>Sliabh na Caillí</i>) in area North East Midlands, Ireland
Picture: Loughcrew Cairn
 
Dodging Thunder and Lightning
by paddyobpc  24 Jan 2017
Walk Date: 06 Jun 2016. As we arrived at Carnbane East (Slieve Na Calliagh) the CHP of county Meath, Mother Nature was roaring again, there were a few claps of thunder and flashes of lightening. We had read that it was a short trek across a field to the summit which was also the home of Loughcrew Megalithic Cairns. In minutes we were at the top and at that stage the thunder and Lightning was very frequent and quite harsh, Dillon(dillonkdy) allowed me take one picture and I pushed for two before we literally flew off that hillside back to the car. We will have to return at our leisure to see the Cairns in more detail another time (we were there less than 15 minutes for this visit) but for now our two day mission was complete, 8 CHP’s done, thanks to my sister Helen for walking with us and well done to Dillon(dillonkdy), a great achievement, a total of 14 counties covered so far in the challenge. The long drive to County Cork via the outskirts of Dublin remained and the lightening lit up the road frequently for the journey. See Dillon’s (dillonkdy) full story of his County High Point Challenge at https://dillons32chpchallenge.github.io/progress/index.html We also found Kieron Gribbon's High Point Ireland website (www.highpointireland.com) to be a useful source of information for our 32 County High Points challenge. Definitely worth checking out if you're planning to do any of the High Point challenges. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/976/comment/18816/
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