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Name:Sawel [Samhail Phite Meabha]
Hill number:20120
Height:678m / 2224ft
RHB Section:44B: Sperrin Mountains
County/UA:Derry and Strabane
County (CoH):Londonderry (CoH), Tyrone (CoH)
Hill area:Sperrin Mountains
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Historic County Top,
Current County/UA Top, Dillon, Vandeleur-Lynam, Arderin
(Ma,Hu,Sim,Hew,CoH,CoU,Dil,VL,A,P500)
Grid ref:H 61799 97302
Summit feature:rock 2m E of trig point
Drop:580m
Col:98m  H354610  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 13
GPS data:show GPS entries for this hill
Notes:
  • Londonderry historic county top
  • Tyrone historic county top
  • Derry and Strabane current county/UA top

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 62 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
damp and squishy climb, parked at cattle grid and followed fenceDrumsesk10/09/2023
start at H58591 96915 hike to Dart and SawelDanny Devlin13/01/2022
along ridge from Mullaghclogha, by-passing Dart Mountain, then doing it after Sawel.IanHHill31/08/2019
With F & E.TriBoy25/08/2019
With A & E.TriBoy29/09/2018
Parked just north of the cattle grid on Sperrin Road. Easy walk up by fence. With Damian & Eire.Dangerous Dave24/06/2018
With F, A, E, E & J.TriBoy15/04/2018
Parked in pull-off at H603933, went up track on N side of road (via road to new farm building), and continued straight up Dart Mountain, then along ridge to Sawel, descended E to Sperrin Road, and returned via roads.kdbennett25/03/2018
3rd County Top. The Big Fella not feeling the best today so was proud that he persevered. His beaming smile when he saw the tip of the trig point start to appear was reward enough for me. Great day, weather and visibility good.Wandering Willy26/08/2017
Miserable day. Parked beside cattle grid 638974. Followed fence to the summit and back. A bit boggy in places but generally sound. 3 miles.callumorr26/05/2017
Trig Pointtallscottishguy21/06/2016
Started from the second cattle grid on the Sperrin Road, followed fence to top and straight back down. Great views. Did not see another soul.Audi-Anne20/06/2015
KeithByTheC18/09/2014
From the minor road on the east side. A fairly straightforward climb.bolton10/09/2013
Parked by cattle grid at the high point of the Park to Sperrin road. Followed the fence up the E. ridge to the summit. (PM)gerrybowes10/09/2013
With 2000 footers to West of it. On Sperrin Mountains. Out and back in o avoid two carsnickywood112/05/2012
SoloJohn Lee09/04/2007
rock & grass summit, fine stormy view. friom pass to W RHW07/05/2005
From the pass to the E.summitsup07/05/2002
fa, solo, clear and dry, 16.25 miles, from feeny roads then a lane and open hillside to mullaghash, owenbeg river and up to cushcapple through bog and deep heather to col, mullaghaneany summit cairn in the middle of a bog, meanard mtn via a fence, meenard west and bog + rough ground to a road. climbed up the next hilltop its summit - sawel, descended along a fence line then dart mountaintop the next mine hill road, followed this down to park village.rum doodle 27/09/1997
I started at the head of the Dart Pass (MR H 5885096900) and followed the fence line up to Dart Mountain before heading across to Sawel. Two county Tops achieved, Tyrone and Derry.Harry Goodman22/04/1995
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assynt_bob04/10/2022
try9fan05/09/2022
HelenOs01/04/2021
G3TQQ (Dave)11/04/2019
sglennon04/09/2018
peterstanding10/05/2018
Onzy10/11/2017
GaryJones19/06/2017
David-Guenot11/05/2017
Frogreen09/06/2016
BigFish31/03/2016
Nick Down122/09/2015
Biffin25/07/2015
Stonecold02/05/2015
Fergalh05/06/2014
davefh10/07/2013
mae18/04/2012
PeteN24/07/2011
peter.stone21/04/2011
Kiltie22/06/2010
adammchugh05/07/2009
jimbloomer230/07/2008
jimbloomer28/07/2008
Sherlock01/06/2008
Johnjoes13/04/2007
neilsan28/03/2007
Éamonn14/08/2006
jonnymuir20/07/2006