Summit Register

Hewitt · Donegal, Ireland

Slieve Snaght

614.6 m

2,016 ftDrop 600 mC 424 390

Finder: 7 Hewitts in Donegal

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSlieve Snaght614.6Muckish667.1Mullaghclogha635Sawel678Dooish651.5
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSlieve Snaght614.6Muckish667.1Mullaghclogha635
Looking north, 138127 km wide, heights ×4691 (method).

Slieve Snaght is a Hewitt of 614.6 m in Donegal. Nothing higher stands within 43.1 km; the nearest higher summit is Muckish (667.1 m), to the west.

The key col lies 19.8 km away to the south, at 15 m. Its closest neighbour in this register, Muckish, is 43.1 km away. Its drop of 600 m is 98% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 15 m above sea level. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Sawel at 678 m. The summit is marked by a trig point, inside a shelter.

To scale

Summit614.6 mKey col15 mdrop 600 msea level
Key col C 428 192, 19.8 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

614.6 m98th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

600 m119th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

43.1 km28th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Muckish43.1 km west
    667.1 m
  2. 2
    Mullaghclogha45.2 km south
    635 m
  3. 3
    Sawel45.9 km south-east
    678 m
  4. 4
    Dooish47.6 km west
    651.5 m
1234MuckishMullaghcloghaSawelDooishN10 km

Lists

  • 269th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 837th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Muckish, 667.1 m, 43.1 km west
Region
45A: North East Donegal
OS map
3
Summit
Trig point on cairn shelter
DoBIH no.
20209
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Slieve Snaght

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The most isolated hills in Britain and Ireland