Slieve Croob
Slieve Croob rises to 534 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Slievenisky, a peak 0.7 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 23 miles off.
The story
Slieve Croob (SLEEV CROOB; from Irish Sliabh Crúibe 'mountain of the hoof') is a mountain with a height of 534 metres (1,752 ft) in the middle of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the heart of a mountainous area, the Dromara Hills, north of the Mourne Mountains. It is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is the source of the River Lagan. There is a small road to the summit, where there is an ancient burial cairn and several transmitter stations with radio masts. It has wide views over all of County Down and further afield. The Dromara Hills also includes Slievenisky, Cratlieve, Slievegarran and Slievenaboley. Slieve Croob may have been the mountain named Brí Erigi or Brí Airige in medieval writings. The cairn on its summit is believed to be the remains of an ancient burial mound, possibly of a passage tomb like the one on Slieve Gullion. In the 19th century it was recorded to be 77 yards (70 m) around and 18 yards (16 m) in "conical height", with forty-two "pillar stones" or kerbstones around the edge. The cairn would have had a well-defined shape when it was built. Still, over time it has slipped and been damaged by visitors. Irish folklore holds that it is bad luck to damage such cairns. Some of its stones have been piled into smaller cairns on top of it, which led to the summit being nicknamed 'The Twelve Cairns'. Traditionally, people would gather on the summit at Lughnasadh where they would add a stone to one of the cairns. They would collect and eat bilberries and there would be folk music, dancing and games. Local people still climb the mountain on the first Sunday in August (referred to as Cairn Sunday or Blaeberry Sunday), and carry a stone up the mountain to help bury the twelve Kings, who are said to be buried at the top. Legannany Dolmen sits on the southern slopes of Slieve Croob near the village of Leitrim.
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Wikidata Q2485376, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 534 m
How to reach it
- 22.6 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
- Slievenisky: 0.7 mi
- Crocknafoyle: 0.8 mi
- Hamiltons Folly: 1.4 mi
- Guinness Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cratlieve: 1.5 mi
- Source of the River Lagan: 1.1 mi
- Blaeberry Sunday: 2.5 mi
- Harry Ferguson: 5.7 mi
- Square Days and Fair Days: 5.8 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 6.3 mi
- Drumkeeragh Forest Park: 1.3 mi
- Finnis Play Park: 3.0 mi
- Lagan Park: 3.4 mi
- Lough Park: 5.3 mi
- Castlewellan Forest Park: 5.3 mi
- Legananny Cross Stone: 1.9 mi
- Dromara Destroyers: 3.3 mi
- Proclamation of the Irish Republic: 3.9 mi
- Tea House: 4.9 mi
- Moorish Tower: 5.2 mi
- Winter Garden: 5.1 mi
- Scented Garden: 5.2 mi
- Spring Garden: 5.2 mi
- The Annesley Garden: 5.2 mi
- Seaforde Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Red Kite Restreat: 5.3 mi
- Mount Panther Farm Park: 6.8 mi
- The Wildling Pit: 8.3 mi
- The Starks Find Direwolf Pups: 8.4 mi
- Dromore Viaduct: 9.1 mi
- Spinkanee: 3.6 mi
- Spellack: 9.8 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 10.0 mi
- Bearnagh Slabs: 10.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.8 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 10.1 mi
- Down County Museum: 10.2 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 10.3 mi
- Linen Centre and Museum: 12.1 mi
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 16.3 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 4.3 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 5.7 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 6.6 mi
- Widow's Row Car Park: 7.6 mi
- Dundrum Boat Park: 7.7 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Tollymore Forest Park Entrance: 8.1 mi
- Murlough National Nature Reserve: 8.5 mi
- Murlough Nature Reserve: 8.5 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 9.0 mi
- St Patrick's Well: 8.3 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 9.5 mi
- Sunday Well: 11.5 mi
- Toberasool: 11.6 mi
- Mearing Well: 11.7 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 11.2 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 13.0 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 17.3 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 17.5 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 17.5 mi
- Stepping Stones: 8.4 mi
- Black Stairs: 10.4 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Slieve Croob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | S 169° | 849 m | 11.2 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | S 172° | 767 m | 10.5 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh | S 183° | 739 m | 10.8 mi |
| Slieve Meelbeg | S 187° | 701.9 m | 10.9 mi |
| Slieve Meelmore | S 186° | 687 m | 10.5 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | S 183° | 680 m | 10.6 mi |
| Cove Mtn | S 176° | 654.8 m | 11.4 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | S 175° | 641.9 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:50 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 21:03 | 22:03 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:44 | 14:50 | 16:02 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372936
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