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Camlough Mountain Walk

2.67 miles (4.3 km)

Open Streetmap This walk climbs Camlough Mountain near the village of Camlough in County Armagh.
You can start the walk in the village and follow Gordon Lane south to the mountainside where footpaths will take you up to the 423m high summit. From here you can enjoy some wonderful views over Newry and the surrounding countryside.
To continue your walking in the area head to the nearby Camlough Lake. There are great views over the water to the mountain from here.

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The view north-westwards from the summit of Camlough Mountain - geograph.org.uk - 3948098

The view north-westwards from the summit of Camlough Mountain. The rock that makes up Camlough Mountain is called granodiorite. Granodiorite, just like the rocks that make up Slieve Gullion, forms from the cooling, deep underground, of molten magma. However, unlike the rocks that make up Slieve Gullion and the Ring of Gullion, which were formed around 60 million years ago, the granodiorites of Camlough Mountain are around 400 million years old. Whereas the younger rocks of Gullion are associated with igneous activity related to the formation of the present day Atlantic Ocean, the rocks of Camlough Mountain are associated with igneous activity related to the closure of a precursor to the present day Atlantic, the now long disappeared Iapetus Ocean.

Gordons Lane descending towards Camlough - geograph.org.uk - 3930152

Gordons Lane descending towards Camlough

Disused cottage on Gordons Lane - geograph.org.uk - 3929139

Disused cottage on Gordons Lane

View towards the summit of Carnlough Mountain - geograph.org.uk - 3937360

View towards the summit of Carnlough Mountain

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