Slieve Carr, also known as Slieve Cor or Corslieve (),
is a
mountain
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with a height of in
County Mayo
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,
Ireland
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. It is part of the
Nephin Range and is beside
Nephin Beg. The mountain is in
Wild Nephin National Park and it is the most remote point of land on the Irish mainland.
[Flanagan, David]
"Into the wild: Where is Ireland's most remote location?"
''Irish Independent
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'', 28 September 2016.
Slieve Carr is a long mountain running north–south, with several small lakes on its eastern slopes. On the summit is a burial
cairn
A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the (plural ).
Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistory, t ...
known as Laghtdauhybaun, from ''Leacht Dáithí Bháin'', 'burial monument of white Dáithí'. This is believed to refer to
Dathí, a
king of Connacht
The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the ''cóiced'' (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being named ...
in the 5th century.
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See also
*Lists of mountains in Ireland
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*Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles
The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, topographic prominence, prominence, and other criteria such as topographic isolation, isolation. These lists are used f ...
*List of P600 mountains in the British Isles
This is a list of P600 mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. A P600 is defined as a mountain with a topographic prominence above , regardless of elevation or any other merits (e.g. topographic isolation); this is a similar approach to that ...
*List of Marilyns in the British Isles
This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland and surrounding islands and Stack (geology), sea stacks. Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles#Marilyns, Marilyns are defined as peaks w ...
*List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland
This is a list of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland by height. Hewitts are defined as "Hills in England, Wales and Ireland over two thousand" feet in height, the general requirement to be called a "mountain" in the British Isl ...
References
External links
Listing at peakbagger.com
Mountains and hills of County Mayo
Hewitts of Ireland
Marilyns of Ireland
Mountains under 1000 metres
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