Bache Hill in the Radnor Forest has long been subject to doubt as to its status as a mountain. On OS maps its 610m high point is very close to the agreed height threshold of 2000ft (609.6m), but the trig point stands on an ancient burial mound. Did this man-made structure give Bache Hill an undeserved boost over the line? Hill surveyors Aled Williams and Myrddyn Phillips thought it was high time to settle the question.
The Irish Government today announced the creation of a new National Park, the country's eighth. Located on the Dingle Peninsula, Páírc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí includes the rugged Conor Pass, the unique island of Sceilg Mhichíl, and Mount Brandon, one of...
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