Mullaghcarn South Top [Crocknakeeferty]

About Mullaghcarn South Top [Crocknakeeferty]

Sitting on the southern shoulder of Mullaghcarn, this heathery high point provides a rugged, peat-covered traverse within the Sperrin Mountains. Rising above the townland of Stradowan, the summit offers an intimate perspective of the Gortin Glens and a clear, unobstructed view south over the rolling drumlins of the Tyrone landscape.

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• •The name Crocknakeeferty is of Irish Gaelic origin, starting with Cnoc, meaning hill or mound, a common prefix for many of the rounded summits found throughout County Tyrone.
• •It serves as a quieter alternative to the main Mullaghcarn summit, which is frequently visited for its proximity to Gortin Glen Forest Park and its prominent telecommunications mast.
• •On a clear day, the view to the west reaches past the Strule Valley to the distinctive quartzite cone of Errigal and the Derryveagh Mountains in County Donegal.
• •The terrain between here and the main summit consists of deep blanket bog; it is the kind of ground where a single misplaced step can turn a pleasant walk into a deep, muddy commitment to the waist.