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Raghtin_More Latitude and Longitude:

55°12′21.24″N 7°28′1.2″W / 55.2059000°N 7.467000°W / 55.2059000; -7.467000
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Raghtin More
Reachtain Mhór
Raghtin More (left) as seen from Mamore Gap
Highest point
Elevation502 m (1,647 ft) [1]
Prominence407 m (1,335 ft) [1]
Listing Marilyn
Coordinates 55°12′21.24″N 7°28′1.2″W / 55.2059000°N 7.467000°W / 55.2059000; -7.467000
Naming
Language of name Irish
Geography
Raghtin More is located in Ireland
Raghtin More
Raghtin More
Ireland
Location Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland
OSI/OSNI grid C339455
Geology
Mountain typemanily of quartzite [2]
Climbing
Easiest routefrom Mamore Gap

Raghtin More ( Irish: Reachtain Mhór) [3] or Slieve Keeroge [3] is a mountain with a height of 502 metres (1,647 ft) [1] in Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland. There is a megalithic cairn on its summit, which can be climbed from Mamore Gap. [1] From the summit there is a view of Lough Swilly and the coast stretching to Malin Head. [4]

Triangulation pillar on the summit

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Inishowen Area Raghtin More". MountainViews. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. ^ Ireland, Fionn Davenport; Lonely Planet, 2010
  3. ^ a b "Raghtin More or Slieve Keeroge". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  4. ^ Hiking in Ireland, Helen Fairbairn, Gareth McCormack; Lonely Planet, 2010

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