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Staigue Top: Wonderful Carn with superlative views

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 15 hours ago
Parking for 4/5 cars at V59312 65108, opposite a stile leading to Kerry Way. Follow Kerry War SSW for 2km up to Windy Gap at V59012 63330. Track steep in parts and disappears at times but is ...

Mauherslieve: Mother Mountain by The Lord SummerIsle Route

Summit Comment No1Grumbler 3 days ago
Folk horror movies follow a similar pattern. Our hero arrives at a wonderfully fertile valley bursting with flowers and fruits, he is naïve but on some sort of quest. So it was with me, on t...

Fair Mountain: Spiky forest

Summit Comment simon3 4 days ago
Fair Mountain has forestry. Not a particularly strange remark for a mountain in Wicklow where much of the uplands are covered in trees. But what makes this place unusual is the almost decorat...

Cliff top loop from Carrowteige

Track 4891 markwallace a day ago
This walks starts in the little village of Carrowteige/Ceathrú Thaidhg and takes in part of the Children of Lir Loop ... walk, Len: 19.0km, Climb: 667m, Area: An Bhinn Bhu, North Mayo (Ireland) An ||

Fair Mountain: Flattish spur south of the Wicklow Gap, cliffy to the north.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 4 days ago
Park at the Wicklow Gap. Take the more westerly of the two access roads to Turlough Hill reservoir. Continue up this steepish, tarred road for 1.5km which will bring you above Fair Mountain, ...

Broaghnabinnia: Lung bursting ascent of Broaghnabinnia

Summit Comment glencree 4 days ago
We went up from the Bridia valley, which is an extremely steep ascent and not for anyone prone to vertigo. Although the summit is achieved in a short distance, the climb/scramble requires car...

Carrauntoohil: A Night Climb of Carrauntoohill

Summit Comment JohnFinn 4 days ago
I set out from Cronin's Yard at 8:30 p.m. on 3rd June and walked up the Hag's Glen and ascended to the ridge of the Reeks via the Zig Zag path (easier to negotiate than the more popular Devil...

Circuit of Fair Mountain, of the weirdly shaped forest.

Track 4890 simon3 4 days ago
After climbing to the top of Turlough Hill and the slightly camouflaged building site that MV calls "Tomaneena" we he... walk, Len: 16.4km, Climb: 520m, Area: Tomaneena, Wicklow (Ireland) Tomaneena||

Slioch: Tough going above Loch Maree

Summit Comment eamonoc a week ago
To climb Slioch, involves a round trip of 21km, with almost 2000m of ascent above Loch Maree, amidst a stunning location.

Tinahely Hill: View from the North East.

Summit Comment simon3 a week ago
Muskeagh Hill, a view from Ballycumber to the North East.

Meall nan Eun: Gentle slopes lead to this Munro

Summit Comment eamonoc a week ago
Climbed as the last of a tough 4 Munro round in Glen Etive.

The mighty Slioch (The Spear)

Track 4889 eamonoc a week ago
Climbed the Iconic Slioch from Incheril on a fantastic weather day, following a long walk beside the N bank of the K... walk, Len: 21.4km, Climb: 1912m, Area: Loch Maree to Loch Broom (Britain) Sli||
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Lake District - Northern Fells Area   Lake District - Northern Fells Subarea
Place count in area: 75,  
Highest place: Skiddaw, 931m
Maximum height for area: 931 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 709 metres,

Places in area Lake District - Northern Fells:
Lake District - North Western Fells:   Barf 469mBroom Fell 511mGraystones 452mGraystones (Birkett) 456mKirk Fell (Lorton) 438mLord's Seat 552mSale Fell 359mSeat How (Thornthwaite) 495mTarbarrel Moss 493mUllister Hill 525mWatch Hill [Setmurthy Common] 254mWhinlatter Top 525mWhinlatter [Brown How - Whinlatter] 517mWidow Hause 404m
Lake District - Northern Fells:   Atkinson Pike [Foule Crag] 845mBakestall 673mBannerdale Crags 683mBinsey 447mBirk Hill 501mBlencathra - Hallsfell Top 868mBowscale Fell 702mBowscale Fell Far East Top 604mBrae Fell 586mBroad End 831mBurn Tod 595mBurnt Horse 570mCarl Side 746mCarrock Fell 663mCockup 505mCoomb Height 627mDodd (Skiddaw) 502mDoddick Fell 742mDrygill Head 622mFrozen Fell 625mGategill Fell Top 851mGreat Calva 690mGreat Cockup 526mGreat Lingy Hill 616mGreat Sca Fell 651mHare Crag 538mHare Stones 627mHigh Pike (Caldbeck) 658mJenkin Hill 735mKnott 710mKnowe Crags [Blease Fell] 805mLittle Calva 642mLittle Lingy Hill 600mLittle Sca Fell 633mLong Side 734mLonglands Fell 483mLonscale Fell 715mLonscale Pike [Lonscale Fell East Top] 703mLowthwaite Fell 509mMeal Fell 550mMiller Moss [Little Lingy Hill] 609mMiton Hill 607mMungrisdale Common 633mPike 593mRound Knott 603mSale How 666mSandale Hill 373mScales Fell 682mSkiddaw 931mSkiddaw - Lesser Man 815mSkiddaw Little Man 865mSkiddaw Middle Top 928mSkiddaw North Top 922mSkiddaw South Top 925mSouther Fell 522mSouther Fell South Top 519mTarn Crags Top [Bowscale Fell East Top] 665mThe Tongue 553mUllock Pike 690mWest Fell 511mWhite Hause 464m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Binsey Hill , in British Marilyn List

Height: 447m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 89 90 Grid Reference: NY22511 35529
Place visited by 8 members. Recently by: Onzy, IainT, Fergalh, PeakPaul, MichaelE, chalky, three5four0, jimbloomer
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Longitude: -3.204188, Latitude: 54.708795 , Easting: 322511, Northing: 535529 Prominence: 242m,  Isolation: 5.1km ,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Binsey, 10 char: Binsey
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Binsey in area Lake District - Northern Fells, Ireland
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Short trek to summit
by Fergalh  15 Apr 2021
Park to south east beside sheep pen. A few metres up the road there is a pedestrian gate, go through this and follow path to summit. This is marked by a brick trig pillar amongst remains of a cairn Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B2351/comment/22901/
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