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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 213mMullaghanoe 234m
N: Foxford Hills:   Carranarah 197mGortnadrehy 143m
NW: Nephin:   Cuilkillew 130mNephin 806mTristia 322m
NW: Pontoon Hills:   Crucknaree 297mFarbreiga 395mKnockaglana 154m
S: Kiltimagh Hills:   Rush Hill 197mSlieve Carn 262m
W: Croaghmoyle:   Burren 396mCroaghmoyle 430mMuckanagh Hill 220m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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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 25 members. Recently by: ryanguinness10, bandre, JohnRea, TommyV, FilHil, eamonoc, Richtea, conormcbandon, Garmin, chalky, la1ena, wicklore, bria5n1, Fergalh, juliewoods
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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 1259th highest place in Ireland. Slieve Carn is the most southerly summit in the East Mayo area.
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paddyhillsbagger on Slieve Carn, 2009
by paddyhillsbagger  4 Oct 2009
PuterMan is correct in describing the fabulous views to be had from the top of Slieve Carn. Unlike PuterMan I drove up the very rough and steep (1 in 4) access road from the Kiltimagh side ending up only 5 minutes walk from the cairn. I would not advise driving up this route, I bottomed out a couple of times (my car is a large MPV high off the ground) and opted to drive down the West side which is far more gentle. The access road is no doubt both for the turf as well as the wind farm on the summit plateau. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/990/comment/4180/
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