Slieve Gallion

Slieve Gallion

Infobox Mountain
Name=Slieve Gallion
Location = County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Elevation=convert|528|m|ft
Photo= Slieve Gallion.jpg
Photo size=250px
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latd=54.73
longd=-6.76
Caption=View from the eastern peak - convert|496|m|ft
Prominence =
Topographic
OSNI "Discoverer" 13
Grid_ref_Ireland=H8188
Listing=Marilyn
Translation=Mountain of the heights
Language=Irish

Slieve Gallion derive|Irish|Sliabh gCallann|mountain of the heights,cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?mtnindex=398|title=Slieve Gallion|publisher="Mountain Views" |accessdate=2008-05-17] is a mountain in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. By road, it is convert|4|mi|km from Moneymore, convert|8|mi|km from Cookstown, and convert|8|mi|km from Magherafelt. It is the eastern limit of the Sperrin Mountains range. It has 2 peaks: the southwestern peak at Glenarudda Mountain and Tintagh Mountain reaches a height of convert|528|m|ft, and is the 397th highest peak in Ireland; the northeastern peak reaches a height of convert|496|m|ft, and is the 469th highest peak in Ireland; it is also the furthest-east mountain-top in the Sperrins.cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?PHPSESSID=c147f83f628b06f3e88c3db47dfc5e00&mtnindex=470|title=Slieve Gallion NE Top|publisher="Mountain Views"|accessdate=2008-05-17] The southwestern peak is in Cookstown District, and the northeastern peak is in Magherafelt District. [OS Discoverer Series 13]

Nature

Slieve Gallion is a volcanic plug.cite web|url=http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/landscape/country_landscape/41/41-land.htm|title=Environment & Heritage Service - Slieve Gallion Landscape|accessdate=2008-05-17|publisher="Environment and Heritage Service"] The mountain is formed from volcanic-derived igneous rock, and also granite on the southern slopes. It is steep, and has a flat top. There is a telecommunications mast on the northeastern summit. To the west, the landscape consists of blanket bog and coniferous forest; most of the trees in the Slieve Gallion area are Sitka spruce.cite web|url=http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/landscape/country_landscape/41/41-bio.htm|title=Environment & Heritage Service - Slieve Gallion Biodiversity Profile|accessdate=2008-05-17|publisher="Environment and Heritage Service"] There are also lodgepole pine trees, as well as oak towards the south of the area. Animal species living in the area include the Irish hare (a sub-species of the mountain hare [cite web|url=http://www.peatlandsni.gov.uk/wildlife/mammals/irish_hare.htm|title=Irish hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus)|accessdate=2008-05-17|publisher="Environment and Heritage Service"] ), the curlew, and the red grouse. The otter can also be found around nearby rivers. Slieve Gallion is classed by the Northern Ireland Planning Service as an area of "High Scenic Value". [cite web|url=http://www.planningni.gov.uk/AreaPlans_Policy/Plans/Magherafelt/draft_plan/03countryside1_pfv.htm|title=Drafy Magherafelt Area Plan 2015|accessdate=2008-05-16|publisher="Planning Service NI]

History

Peat formed at Slieve Gallion in the early Holocene period, around 10,000 years ago.cite web|url=http://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/summary.asp?item=105|title=Slieve Gallion Londonderry|accessdate=2008-05-17|date=2003|publisher="National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland"] The radiocarbon dating of pollen has shown that there were plants in the area 10,000 years ago. 7,000 ago, the number of alder trees steeply increased. In recent decades, there has been an increase in the number of sheep grazing in the area, as well as an increase in mountain biking, contributing to erosion.

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