Annacoona Top [Slievemore]

About Annacoona Top [Slievemore]

Located on the high, weather-beaten plateau of the Dartry Mountains, this summit offers a starkly beautiful landscape of exposed limestone and peat. The terrain is notably flat and expansive, providing an airy sense of space and spectacular views across the Atlantic rollers and the distant peaks of Donegal.

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• •Annacoona is derived from the Irish An Chonair, meaning ‘The Path’. It is thought to refer to a historic route used by locals to navigate the steep limestone escarpments that surround the mountain plateau.
• •From the summit, the view to the north is dominated by the sweep of Mullaghmore Head and the vast waters of Donegal Bay, while the jagged profiles of the Derryveagh Mountains are often visible on clear days.
• •The plateau is geologically significant as a 'nunatak'—an area of high ground that remained above the ice during the last glaciation, acting as a refuge for rare arctic-alpine plants like the Fringed Sandwort.
• •This hill is part of a landscape defined by 330-million-year-old limestone that was carved into dramatic massifs by the movement of massive ice sheets, creating the iconic 'tableland' profile common to this range.
• •The plateau’s featureless top is a notorious test of navigation; in low cloud, the indistinguishable peat hags and limestone pavements have a habit of leading walkers in a very scenic, very unintended circle.