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Orkney Islands Area , Hoy (Orkney) Subarea
Feature count in area: 18, by county: : 17, Orkney (CoH) Orkney (CoA) Orkney Islands: 1,
Highest Place: Ward Hill 481m

Starting Places in area Orkney Islands:

None for this area

Summits & other features in area Orkney Islands:
Eday: Ward Hill (Eday) 102m
Gairsay: Ward of Gairsay 102m
Hoy (Orkney): Cuilags 435m, Knap of Trowieglen 399m, Old Man of Hoy 137m, The Berry 199m, Ward Hill 481m
Orkney Mainland: Greeny Hill 153m, Hill of Miffia 158m, Keelylang Hill 221m, Mid Hill 275m, Milldoe - Mid Tooin 224m, Vestra Fiold 129m, Wideford Hill 225m
Rousay: Blotchnie Fiold 250m, Kierfea Hill 235m
South Ronaldsay: Ward Hill (S. Ronaldsay) 119m
Westray: Fitty Hill 169m

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Old Man of Hoy, 137m Hill
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Grid Reference HY17600 00700, Mapsheet(s): 7
Place visited by: 2 members, recently by: rhw, bryanjbarry
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Longitude: -3.431263, Latitude: 58.885705, Easting: 317600, Northing: 1000700, Prominence: 122m,  Isolation: 4.3km
ITM: 863281 1358557


  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Old137, 10 char: OldMnfHy
Linkback: https://new.mountainviews.ie/summit/B4927/
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by mcrtchly 24 Apr 2020
The Old Man of Hoy stands defiantly in the glowing warmth of the setting Sun. Linkback: new.mountainviews.ie/summit/B4927/comment/20779/
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Summit Comment Leatra 2 weeks ago
You can make it to the top in 15 minutes, as I did, if you don't mind being short of breath for your attack on the West Top. If you ran it'd be even less.

Summit Comment chelman7 3 weeks ago
Still relatively easy to get to, the forest is reclaiming the trig. Will require hacking in 18-24 months I'd guess.

Summit Comment Leatra 2 weeks ago
Nothing much else needs to be said about the West Top. The views of Keeper to its immediate south, Lough Derg to the northwest and across the tumbled landscape of north Munster, all the way t...

Track 5370 simon3 3 weeks ago
This is a route that starts in Enniskerry and follows the top of the deep gorge in which the river Dargle runs towards walk, Len: 5.9km, Climb: 97m, Area: Wicklow (Ireland) ||

Forum: General Colin Murphy a month ago
I visited Powerscourt Waterfall during the summer as part of a 15 km walk, and the place was packed with tourists having picnics, few of them paying much attention to the waterfall, which was...

Summit Comment chelman7 3 weeks ago
There are many fine tracks around this hill, including a couple that go close enough to the summit to lure you into a false sense of security. But that last summit push through undergrowth an...

Track 5369 Onzy 3 weeks ago
Nice outing in the lower Mournes in the varied, scenic and very well kept forest park above Rostrevor. walk, Len: 17.3km, Climb: 659m, Area: Slievemartin, Mourne Mountains (Ireland) ...

Summit Comment jackill a month ago
In late September I was acting as staff on a Scouting Ireland event called "Mountain Havoc" in Connemara.Mountain Havoc is a series of 4 challenge events for older scouts(15-18 years) where t...

Summit Comment Superterence a month ago
Parking also available at the forest entrance W03378 40976. Walk up towards the cross roads, 100m or so, then enter the mountain field on your right and follow a small duel track all the way ...

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a month ago
Shot shows the trig pillar and large cairn that mark the summit of this mountain, which was our second stop on a Corraun East Top-Corraun walk. Set off along the track recommended by darrenf ...
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