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Ballyguile Hill: Undemanding walk to an unprepossessing summit

Summit Comment hibby 2 days ago
Ballyguile is another hill that, were it not for the Local 100 list, I might never have been aware of. We parked in an estate called Mountainview (a propitious name!) and used the recommended...

Beinn a'Bhuird from Linn of Quoich

Track 4924 billbaggins a day ago
The two summits of Beinn a’Bhùird and Ben Avon are only 4.5 kms apart, and as both summits are long distances from r... walk, Len: 35.3km, Climb: 1134m, Area: Cairngorms (Britain) Beinn a\'Bhuird [||

Teevenabinnia via Mweelrea

Track 4999 eamonoc 2 days ago
Had not been on Teevnabinnia, so did Mweelrea round, Teevnabibbia a bit of a slog as an add on. But done on a stu... walk, Len: 16.9km, Climb: 1234m, Area: Ben Lugmore East Top, Mweelrea (Ireland|...

Knockbrack: Short walk to decent views

Summit Comment hibby 2 days ago
I'll be honest; I had never heard of Knockbrack until it showed up near the tail end of my "Local 100" list. A little bit of research and I came across the fascinating fact that it may be the...

Hill of Allen: Delightful short walk up through the forest

Summit Comment hibby 2 days ago
Visited the Hill of Allen on 18/11/2023. Parked at the recommended roadside spot and walked up through the forest to the summit and the tower.It's a beautiful tranquil walk through mixed fore...

Foher dwarfed by attendant giants

Track 4997 eamonoc 2 days ago
After completing the Benchoona circuit from Lettergesh Beach, headed for Foher Hill which was close by.A short strai... walk, Len: 1.9km, Climb: 194m, Area: Foher, Galway Coastal Hill (Ireland) Foh||

Brewel Hill: Striking copse of pine trees at the summit

Summit Comment hibby 2 days ago
We parked at the recommended starting point N83809 01556, taking care not to block the gate. We squeezed through the locked gate. The first field was only slightly muddy in frosty conditions ...

Beinn Edra: Day 4 on the Skye Trail - Summer 2023

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
My first summit bagged in Scotland

Surveying Ballineddan and Slievemaan, mucky end near Toorboy

Track 4996 simon3 3 days ago
This route starts at Ballinfoyle, a road junction. Nowadays there is off road parking there for around 4 cars tho... walk, Len: 11.3km, Climb: 594m, Area: Ballineddan Mountain, Wicklow (Ireland) |...

Carrane Hill: Mostly straightforward ascent from the SW

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
One approach is from the SW starting at the forest entrance at G83605 20008, where there is parking for several cars. Continue up the zig-zagging track, ignoring any turn on left. The final 3...

Circuit of Slieve Gullion

Track 4995 Onzy 5 days ago
Broadly following Trailtrekker's walk description on hill page.I had been on the hill only once before and took the ... walk, Len: 13.3km, Climb: 561m, Area: Slieve Gullion, Gullion (Ireland) Sliev||

Naweeloge Top: Interesting Carn with dramatic cliff face

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
There is parking for 1/2 cars on road opposite a farm track at H02172 33464. Walk up track for about 1km, crossing 4 gates, and ignoring the turn on the right after 300m. At H01204 33387, cro...
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West Cork Mountains Area   Cen: Shehy More Subarea
Place count in area: 62, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79, 85, 86, 88, 89 
Highest place: Knockboy, 704.8m
Maximum height for area: 704.8 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 685 metres,

Places in area West Cork Mountains:
Cen: Maughanaclea:   Maughanaclea Hills East Top 470mMaughanaclea Hills West Top 452m
Cen: Shehy More:   Shehy More 545.6mShehy More SW Top 446m
E: Clearagh:   Clearagh Hill 287m
E: Currane:   Currane Hill 228m
N Cen: Douce:   Douce Mountain 476mDoughill Mountain 471m
N: Carran:   Barnastooka 497mBealick 537mCarran 604mCarran Far NE Top 561mCarran Far North Top 506mCarran NE Top 555mCarran South Top 567mKnockantooreen 450m
N: Conigar:   Conigar 566mConigar SW Top 566mFoilastookeen 540m
N: Coomataggart:   Carrigalougha 423mCoomataggart 530mCoomataggart SW Top 509mDerrineanig 304mLackabaun 472mMweelin 487m
NE Cen: Carrigarierk:   Carrigarierk 343m
NW: Barraboy:   Barraboy Mountain 460mBarraboy Mountain Far East Top 456mBarraboy Mountain SE Top 409mDerroograne 468mTurners Rock 420m
NW: Knockboy:   Caoinkeen 692.8mCaoinkeen South-East Top 553.5mCoomhola Mountain 472mKnockboy 704.8mKnockboy North Top 651.2mKnockboy South Top 533.3mThe Priest's Leap 519m
NW: Knocknamanagh:   Bird Hill 412mCoomclogherane Top 449mGullaba Hill 603mKnockbrack 440mKnockbrack South Top 458mKnocknamanagh 637mKnocknamanagh NE Top 625m
S Cen: Dunmanway Hills:   Cashloura 296.8mCoolsnaghtig 295.8mInchanadreen 310m
S Cen: Nowen:   Milane Hill 354.4mMullaghmesha 494.3mNowen Hill 535.2mNowen Hill Far West Top 405.2mNowen Hill SW Top 509mPookeen North Top 319m
S: Leap Hills:   Carrigfadda 311.7mKilleigh Hill 229mKnockarudane Hill 169mKnockscagh 195m
S: Skibbereen:   Barryroe Hill 156mLick Hill 158m
W Cen: Knockbreteen:   Knockbreteen 239m
W: Bantry:   Knocknaveagh 282m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Shehy More SW Top Hill An tSeithe Mhór (mullach thiar theas) A name in Irish For origin of name, see Shehy More. Cork County in Munster Province, in no lists, Black mudstone & silt-lensed mudstone Bedrock

Height: 446.0m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: W13810 59146
Place visited by 32 members. Recently by: jackos, Wilderness, Ulsterpooka, chelman7, John.geary, wicklore, conorb, eamonoc, Fergalh, Wildrover, David-Guenot, osullivanm, simon3, Juanita, Daingean
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Longitude: -9.249528, Latitude: 51.778558 , Easting: 113810, Northing: 59147 Prominence: 27.89m,  Isolation: 1.6km
ITM: 513779 559212,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Shh446, 10 char: ShhyMrSWTp
Bedrock type: Black mudstone & silt-lensed mudstone, (Ardaturrish Member)

Shehy More SW Top is the 748th highest place in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Shehy More SW Top (<i>An tSeithe Mhór (mullach thiar theas)</i>) in area West Cork Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Shehy SW appears from the cloud (from Shehy More ridge)		  
Not worth a trip on its own but a nice addition to Shehy More
by thomas_g  8 May 2012
Accessed from Shehy More, it's an easy walk over to Shehy More SW by following the fence along the ridge. I did find the going easier on the south side of the fence (which you must cross to get to Shehy More top anyway).
There appears to be a farm track that goes all the way to W145 597 starA (the dip between Shehy More and Shehy SW), which would be an easy route up (with permission from the farmer).
From a distance Shehy SW looks narrow and sharp, but it's neither once you're up close. The location of the top is a little indistinct, with no markings, but it seems to be a fairly obvious tussock on the south side of the fence. There appears to be a farm track that skirts the west of the forestry to the north of Shehy SW, this is a possible easy access (again with permission).
From Shehy SW, I headed back towards the west short of Lough Nambrackderg. I suggest you stay fairly high here as it's very boggy on the NW slope of Shehy More. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/661/comment/6793/
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Cousane Gap approach
by conorb  19 Apr 2021
Parked near the excellent information sign at the Cousane Gap and then picked up a lovely boreen heading NW on the Bantry side of the Gap.
Unfortunately, there was a lot of fly tipping in the wood by the boreen for a few hundred meters that ruined the first part of our run. Dropped down to a little bridge, then took a boreen heading NE and the mountain came into view.

Just before a farmyard, we picked up a track and we were on the mountain. It was fairly straightforward to pick a line towards the ridge and from there we followed a fence until we got to the top. It's fairly flat along the top ridge so we kept an eye on our watches until we got the best candidate for the peak. We then crossed the fence and eventually picked up a track that brought us down to the R585.

Overall a nice loop despite the fly-tipping and I don't think it would be too difficult to bag the main Shehy Mór top from this side either. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/661/comment/22936/
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