Summit Register

Hewitt · Donegal, Ireland

Muckish

667.1 m

2,189 ftDrop 484 mC 004 287

Finder: 7 Hewitts in Donegal

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMuckish667.1Aghla Beg602.3Dooish651.5Errigal747Slieve Snaght679
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMuckish667.1Aghla Beg602.3Dooish651.5
Looking north, 4722 km wide, heights ×1618 (method).

Muckish is a Hewitt of 667.1 m in Donegal. Its drop of 484 m is 73% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 183 m above sea level.

All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the south, so it stands at the northern edge of its group. It shares its height of 667.1 m with Binnein Shios. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Foel Cedig (667.5 m) and Tarren y Gesail (666.9 m). The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit667.1 mKey col183 mdrop 484 msea level
Key col B 967 227, 7.0 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

667.1 m67th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

484 m203rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

11.0 km132nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Aghla Beg5.6 km south-west
    602.3 m
  2. 2
    Dooish8.0 km south
    651.5 m
  3. 3
    Errigal11.0 km south-west
    747 m
  4. 4
    Slieve Snaght16.1 km south-west
    679 m
1234Aghla BegDooishErrigalSlieve SnaghtN5 km

Lists

  • 207th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 723rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Errigal, 747 m, 11.0 km south-west
Region
45B: Derryveagh, Glendowan
OS map
2
Summit
Trig point on modern cairn
DoBIH no.
20136
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Muckish

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