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Pool & Hummock Terrain

Pool & Hummock Terrain - a cartographic challenge I'm currently preparing a map of the Nephin Beg area in Co.Mayo - this will incorporate both the Wild Nephin project and…

Percy’s or Pierce’s Table

Percy's or Pierce's Table I have written on another post about the mountain Lugnaquilla when viewed from a distance. Here is a photo of the summit cairn, topped by a…

Charles Thompson

Charles Thompson (CGT) - science teacher, mountaineer and collector of place names A good number of placenames in Wicklow have been added to our maps in the past year. Some…

Kippure ~ The Pole

Kippure - The Pole Kippure is a townland and also the name given to the highest mountain in Co.Dublin at 757 metres in altitude. Straddling the Dublin/Wicklow border, it is…

Prince William’s Seat or Clusnaspeire

The curious case of Prince William's Seat or Clusnaspeire Prince William's Seat is the Ordnance Survey name for the hill of 555 metres in height on the Dublin & Wicklow…

Bog Restoration Map Update

Bog Restoration Map Update Thanks to Hugh McLindon of NPWS for sending on details of three fenced off areas on the ridge from Mullaghcleevaun to Tonelagee in Co.Wicklow. Many hillwalkers…

Pointy Manmade Things

Pointy Manmade Things There are several & various terms used for pointy things in the Irish upland landscape. These are usually man made objects that stick out on the skyline.…

Sweep’s Pit and Cross Rock

Sweep’s Pit and Cross Rock Sweep’s Pit and Sweep’s or the Cross Rock are two small features found up on Killakee Mountain as you head up the Featherbeds of the…