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Colin Murphy: Track/5274 in area near Slieve Na Calliagh, North East Midlands (Ireland)
Simple walk up historic hill.
Ascent: 100m,
Length: 1.5km,
Creator time taken: 27m28s
Descent: 100m,
Time predicted from Naismith's rule: 0h 28m + breaks
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PlacesStart at N58195 77518, Slieve Na Calliagh, end at Start
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[RWD version 1 ]
Very simple 15 minute walk up grassy track to historic county highpoint. Parking for about 10 cars at start, although can be busy.
The grassy trail.
You walk up steps then onto a grassy, waymarked trail up hill, which has a broad summit area covered in Neolithic monuments, especially the huge cairn/passage tomb, whose entrance is aligned with the rising sun during the spring and autumn exuinox, and dates from around 3,500BC.
Main cairn marking summit.
There are also the remnants of multiple other ancient graves around the summit area. Up and down in 30 minutes.
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Uploaded on: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 (15:51:54), Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/track/5274/
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