Summit Register

Hewitt · Donegal, Ireland

Croaghgorm

673 m

Blue Stack

2,208 ftDrop 521 mG 948 895

Finder: 7 Hewitts in Donegal

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCroaghgorm673Lavagh More670Silver Hill600.2Slieve Snaght679Errigal747
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCroaghgorm673Lavagh More670Silver Hill600.2
Looking north, 9013 km wide, heights ×3210 (method).

Croaghgorm is a Hewitt of 673 m in Donegal. Its drop of 521 m is 77% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 152 m above sea level.

Of the register hills in Donegal, only Errigal and Slieve Snaght (Donegal, B923148) stand higher. In the database's Blue Stack Mountains region it is the highest of three register hills, above Lavagh More and Silver Hill. Its other name is Blue Stack. The highest point is recorded as shelter, not a cairn. The database describes the top as a shelter.

To scale

Summit673 mKey col152 mdrop 521 msea level
Key col G 875 997, 12.5 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

673 m61st highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

521 m174th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

25.3 km52nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Lavagh More1.9 km north-west
    670 m
  2. 2
    Silver Hill4.5 km west
    600.2 m
  3. 3
    Slieve Snaght25.3 km north
    679 m
  4. 4
    Errigal31.2 km north
    747 m
1234Lavagh MoreSilver HillSlieve SnaghtErrigalN10 km

Lists

  • 192nd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 705th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Slieve Snaght, 679 m, 25.3 km north
Region
45C: Blue Stack Mountains
OS map
11
Summit
Shelter
DoBIH no.
20125
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Croaghgorm

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures