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Watch Hill [Setmurthy Common] 254m,
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Carrauntoohil: Above the Clouds: 360 Degree Cloud Inversion

Summit Comment Lauranna 3 days ago
Clouds flowing over the Eastern Ridge of The Reeks on 2nd November, 2024.

Mangerton & Stoompa

Track 5193 Onzy 4 days ago
walk, Len: 18.6km, Climb: 1066m, Area: Mangerton, Mangerton (Ireland) Mangerton...

Carrauntoohil: Above the Clouds: 360 Degree Cloud Inversion

Summit Comment Lauranna 3 days ago
Beenkeragh and its arête poking through the clouds on 2nd November, 2024.

Seefin Mountain West Top: Great paths, closed boardwalk

Summit Comment Leatra a week ago
The boardwalk approaching Seefin West Top from the east is closed [October '24]. If you should choose to ignore the sign saying so, you'll find that the long grass has smothered as much of th...

Broaghnabinnia West Ridge and Stumpa Duloigh Traverse

Track 5194 Onzy 4 days ago
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Proctor High Mark: A rocking stone not a rolling one

Summit Comment Fergalh a week ago
A must see on your way to the summit

A tough but rewarding day

Track 5192 billbaggins a week ago
This track records a walk across 3 Munros and 3 Munro Tops from Glen Etive, loosely based on the route descrip... walk, Len: 24.6km, Climb: 2087m, Area: Ben Starav, Glen Etive to Glen Lochy (B|...

Proctor High Mark: Find the gaps in the walls to find the highpoint

Summit Comment Fergalh a week ago
From Clapham high Mark a beeline to the interesting rocking stone which has a good view of Proctor High Mark. This was the most difficult one of the four of that day to access as the way over...

Clapham High Mark: Find the gaps in the walls to find the highpoint

Summit Comment Fergalh a week ago
From Parsons Pulpit walls and fences have to be negotiated. With care it can be done, eventually crossed fence into area below summit. A short trek led to unmarked summit with extensive views

Interesting route around Trooperstown, Wicklow.

Track 5191 simon3 a week ago
walk, Len: 13.7km, Climb: 427m, Area: Trooperstown Hill, Wicklow (Ireland) Troo...

Parson's Pulpit: Short trek to summit through Burren type landscape

Summit Comment Fergalh a week ago
From Great Close Scar followed bridleway to behind the Farm and crossed wall and up to series of small lumps. From here a short drop down to col and a short ascent led to summit with a few ro...

Cahas Surveying: Changes to Arderins etc

Forum: Suggestions simon3 a month ago
Surveying 2024, August and Sept in the Mournes and the Cahas.There are new positions for the Knocknaveacals, North and South, thanks to a suggestion from DoBIH. Knocknaveacal N was recorded w...
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Lake District - Northern Fells Area   Lake District - North Western 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.
Watch Hill [Setmurthy Common] Hill , in British Marilyn List

Height: 254m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 89 Grid Reference: NY15916 31820
Place visited by 9 members. Recently by: rhw, oakesave, nordicstar, IainT, Fergalh, MichaelE, chalky, three5four0, jimbloomer
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Longitude: -3.305448, Latitude: 54.674412 , Easting: 315916, Northing: 531820 Prominence: 157m,  Isolation: 4.1km ,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Wtc254, 10 char: WtchHlStmr
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Short trek to summit
by Fergalh  15 Apr 2021
Park to south west near a road junction and follow track that leads over the minor summit of Watch Hill. A short descent and a short ascent leads you to summit on edge of the forest Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B2355/comment/22903/
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