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Name:Black Mountain [Clermont Cairn]
Hill number:20269
Height:507m / 1663ft
RHB Section:56A: Central Lowlands
County/UA:Louth
Hill area:Cooley/Gullion
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Arderin
(Ma,Hu,5,A)
Grid ref:J 09906 15755
Summit feature:Ancient cairn
Drop:309m
Col:198m  J130137  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 29 36
Observations:cairn is 5m higher than base of trig point
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 24 users)ByDate of Ascent
JEB HFB21/04/2017
A drive on summit with Geoff 2I0NON. I did a SOTA activation on 7 MHz.G4OOE03/09/2015
PMG walk 16!simoburn30/03/2014
5th of 6 today.PGCE03/04/2013
The public road stops about 50m before the summit, which itself is a national monument.jimbloomer08/09/2011
fa, solo, 13 miles, clear and sunny, from newly by taxi, minor road then track out to black mtn ne top, peat cuttings, clermont hill, out to anglesey mtn, good views to the mourners, back to the minor road & up black mtn and meet a non talkative rambling group, carnavaddy, windy gap and up to foxs rock (now has an ale named after it!), then along the ridge, the raven rocks, eagle rocks, fine out crops and tours marked ridge to slieve foye summit, descent trough out crops, then an old path to carlingford village and bus back to newry and the train home.rum doodle 13/09/2008
heathery summit with massive cairn, mast nearby, fine view. short walk from road-head to N RHW08/05/2005
Drumsesk20/03/2023
pearseyb19/06/2022
Sprog03/06/2022
Nomad Perkins30/03/2018
Onzy10/11/2017
IainT15/08/2017
G3TQQ (Dave)22/10/2016
neilsan21/09/2016
MartyK9004/06/2016
David-Guenot05/05/2013
Fergalh02/02/2013
Stonecold01/01/2013
chalky195306/09/2012
mae29/03/2012
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