Muckish Mountain
Muckish (Irish: An Mhucais,
meaning "pig's back") is a distinctive flat-topped mountain in the
Derryveagh Mountains of Donegal, Ireland. At 666 metres, it is
the third-highest peak in the Derryveagh Mountains, with Errigal
being the highest. The mountain, with its characteristic outline,
is a dominant feature of the north Donegal scenery.
Muckish is also the most northern and second highest of the
mountain chain, called the 'Seven Sisters' by locals (Muckish,
Crocknalaragagh, Aghla Beg, Ardloughnabrackbaddy, Aghla More,
Mackoght (also known as 'little Errigal') and Errigal. The Summit
can be approached from two sides, the Southwest side by parking
alongside the shrine at the side of the road (See waypont
MK001). We began on the North side of the Mountain on the
Miners Path in position 55 06.495N 008 00.141W, to
find the miners path road drive through Cresslough heading towards
Ards, at the graveyard take the left had turn and dive until the
road ends at the mountain.
The Glover Highland Walk begins at the Miners
path at Muckish taking in the Seven Sisters and finishes at
the car park at Errigal. This cache can be completed as a
individual cache or done as part of a series of caches that now
cover the route of the Glover Highland Walk.
These include: Muckish Mountain(GC1VWD2), Aghla
Beg(GC1W14A), Ardloughnabrackbaddy(GC1W2FY), Altan Towers (GVOPT)
and Errigal (CGVOPV)
The Cache
Is is small tablock lunch box with log book pencil sharpener and
some items
for trade, its hidden South of the trig point on the summit. Take
care while assending the miners path it is steep in places.
The summit of Muckish can cloud in very quickly so be prepared for
poor conditions at times.