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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
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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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Snowdonia Area   The Carneddau Subarea
Place count in area: 121,  
Highest place: Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa, 1085m
Maximum height for area: 1085 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 1039 metres,

Places in area Snowdonia:
Moel Rhiwen 401mMoel y Ci 410mParc Drysgol 404m
Moel Hebog:   Bryn Banog 520mCastell 445mCraig Cwm Silyn 734mCraig-y-garn 363mFfridd Bach [Moel-ddu West Top] 534mGarnedd-goch 700mMoel Hebog 783mMoel Lefn 638mMoel Tryfan 429mMoel yr Ogof 655mMoel-ddu 553mMynydd Drws-y-coed 695mMynydd Graig Goch 609.8mMynydd Mawr 698mMynydd Tal-y-mignedd 653mPen Cwm Silyn 422mTrum y Ddysgl 709mY Garn 633mY Gyrn 459m
Snowdon:   Cefn-du 441mClogwyn Pen Llechen 421mCraig Fach 608.8mCraig Wen 604.9mCrib Goch 923mCrib y Ddysgl 1065mFoel Goch 605mFoel Gron 629mGallt y Wenallt 619mLlechog 720mLliwedd Bach 818mMoel Cynghorion 674mMoel Eilio 726mSnowdon - Yr Wyddfa 1085mY Lliwedd 898mY Lliwedd East Top 893mYr Aran 747.2m
The Carneddau:   Bera Bach 807mBera Mawr 794mCarnedd Dafydd 1044mCarnedd Llewelyn 1064mCarnedd y Ddelw 688mCefn Cyfarwydd 503mClip y Orsedd 429mClogwyn Llech Lefn [Bwlch y Tri Marchog Top] 637mClogwyn Mannod 418mClogwyn Mannod NW Top 405mClogwyn Pryfed 405mCraig Eigiau 735mCraig Ffynnon 590mCraig Wen 548mCraiglwyn 623mCreigiau Gleision 678mCreigiau Gleision North Top 634mCrimpiau 475mDrosgl 756.9mDrum 770mFoel Grach 976mFoel Lwyd 600.1mFoel Meirch 800mFoel-fras 942mFoel-ganol 536mGarnedd Uchaf [Carnedd Gwenllian] 926mGyrn 541.3mGyrn Wigau 643mLlwytmor 849mMoel Eilio 546mMoel Faban 408.7mMoel Wnion 579.9mMynydd Deulyn 400mPen Llithrig y Wrach 799mPen y Castell 623mPen yr Helgi Du 833mPen yr Ole Wen 978mPenygadair 507mTal y Fan 610mWaen Bryn-gwenith 414mYr Elen 962mYr Orsedd 559m
The Glyders:   Carnedd y Filiast 821mCarnedd y Filiast North Top [Y Fronllwyd] 720mCastell y Gwynt 972mElidir Fawr 924mFoel-goch 831mGallt yr Ogof 763mGlyder Fach 994.3mGlyder Fawr 1000.8mMoel Berfedd 482mMynydd Perfedd 813mTryfan 917.5mTryfan Far South Peak 830.8mY Foel Goch 805mY Garn 947m
The Moelwyns:   Allt Fawr 698mCarnedd y Cribau 591mCerrig Cochion 550mCerrig-y-myllt 463mCerrig-y-myllt East Top 458mClogwyn Bwlch-y-maen 548mCnicht 689mCnicht North Top 688mCraig Nyth-y-Gigfran [Y Blaen Llym] 554mCraig Stwlan 568mCraigysgafn 689mFoel Ddu 590mIwerddon 583mMoel Druman 676mMoel Dyrnogydd 524mMoel Meirch 608.9mMoel Siabod 872mMoel y Dyniewyd 382mMoel-yr-hydd 648mMoelwyn Bach 710mMoelwyn Mawr 770mMoelwyn Mawr North Ridge Top 640mYr Arddu 589mYsgafell Wen 672mYsgafell Wen Far North Top 656mYsgafell Wen North Top 669m

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Pen y Castell Mountain

Height: 623m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 115 Grid Reference: SH72187 68881
Place visited by 3 members. Recently by: IainT, Fergalh, chalky
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Longitude: -3.914947, Latitude: 53.20161 , Easting: 272187, Northing: 368881 Prominence: 29m,  Isolation: 1.3km ,   GPS IDs, 6 char: PnyCst, 10 char: PnyCstl
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Short trek to summit .. by Fergalh   (Show all for Pen y Castell )
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Pen y Castell in area Snowdonia, Ireland
Picture: Pen y Castell from Penygadair		  
View from the North east
by Fergalh  9 May 2021
Pen y Castell from Penygadair in the north east the wall and open ground are seen in the photograph Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/b2028/comment/23103/
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