Slieve Carn, Sliabh Chairn 262m hill, East Mayo S: Kiltimagh Hills Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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East Mayo Area S: Kiltimagh Hills Subarea

Place count in area: 15, OSI/LPS Maps: 23, 24, 31, 32
Highest place:

Nephin, 806m
Maximum height for area: 806 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 778 metres,

Places in area East Mayo:
E: Charlestown Hills:

Knock Hill 213m

Mullaghanoe 234m
N: Foxford Hills:

Carranarah 197m

Gortnadrehy 143m
NW: Nephin:

Cuilkillew 130m

Nephin 806m

Tristia 322m
NW: Pontoon Hills:

Crucknaree 297m

Farbreiga 395m

Knockaglana 154m
S: Kiltimagh Hills:

Rush Hill 197m

Slieve Carn 262m
W: Croaghmoyle:

Burren 396m

Croaghmoyle 430m

Muckanagh Hill 220m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Slieve Carn Hill Sliabh Chairn A name in Irish, also Slieve Horn an extra name in English (Ir. Sliabh Chairn [NÓM], 'mountain of the cairn') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Binnion List, Black shale Bedrock

Height: 262m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 31 Grid Reference: M29700 88100
Place visited by 22 members. Recently by: TommyV, FilHil, eamonoc, Richtea, conormcbandon, Garmin, chalky, la1ena, wicklore, bria5n1, Fergalh, juliewoods, Jamessheerin, moggy40t, PeteBog
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Longitude: -9.068632, Latitude: 53.837751 , Easting: 129700, Northing: 288100 Prominence: 238m, Isolation: 5.4km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 529665 788114, GPS IDs, 6 char: Slv262, 10 char: SlvCarn
Bedrock type: Black shale, (Craggagh Shale Formation)

Not named on the OS Discovery Series. Known locally as Slieve Carn or sometimes Slieve Horn. The Metrical Dindsenchas (11th century) refers to Sliabh Cairthinn i nGaileangaibh (barony of Gallen). If this is the same hill, as seems likely, Sliabh Cairthinn (perhaps connected with Ir. cairthe, 'standing stone') would be an early alternative name to Sliabh Chairn, 'mountain of the cairn'. Has been called Cuillalea. Slieve Carn is the 1254th highest place in Ireland. Slieve Carn is the most southerly summit in the East Mayo area.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/990/

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Slieve Carn on paper may not seem anything to sho .. by PuterMan (Show all for Slieve Carn (Sliabh Chairn))

Tractor Territory! .. by three5four0 (Show all for Slieve Carn (Sliabh Chairn))

PuterMan is correct in describing the fabulous vi .. by paddyhillsbagger (Show all for Slieve Carn (Sliabh Chairn))

Sliev Carn .. by Fergalh (Show all for Slieve Carn (Sliabh Chairn))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slieve Carn (<i>Sliabh Chairn</i>) in area East Mayo, Ireland

Picture: Summit Trig

Working Bog and Wind Farm

by TommyV 30 May 2023

Having read the comments about the approach from the East side, I followed a warren of roads on the West side of the hill and ended up parking at M29230 89101 star

G. From here I followed the approach mentioned by three5four0, mostly on a bog road and then across the bog following some recently cut hoppers to the trig at the summit. Nice views of Nephin and Croagh Patrick in the distance. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/990/comment/23968/

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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