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 '''BENN ACT''' 7m D<br>''Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 20th October 2019.<br>''Climb the wall and crack 3m right of the corner, start off the lower level.
-'''LUNDY AT THE GATE''' 8m VD<br>''Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 20th October 2019.<br>''Climb the corner right of '''THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID'''.
+'''LUNDY AT THE GATE''' 8m VD<br>''Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 20th October 2019.<br>''Climb the right facing corner right of '''THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID'''.
 '''THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID''' VS 5b <br>''C. Mogensen, W. Ezzeddine, October 2008.<br>''Climbs the cracks of the dry east facing wall and finishes up between the wide crack at the top, or (more interestingly) up the overhang to the left. Requires fist jams, hand jams, finger locks and other fun techniques! Well protected.

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	Access - A number of new houses have been built on the right hand side of the road and thus the access routes going through these properties and described in previous guidebooks will doubtless make you as welcome as cholera, a slightly circuitous route will need to be used. Continue up this road for 300m, there will be three houses on your left with tall trees outside them. Park at a layby outside the first of the three. Walk back towards the main road for 20m and then turn left up the farm track through a field. After the track enters a second field it will swing left/West, at this point turn right/East and clamber over limestone pavements until you meet a large wall and rough path. Follow the path and wall left/North to a gap at the top of the Scailp, about 15 minutes walk.		Access - A number of new houses have been built on the right hand side of the road and thus the access routes going through these properties and described in previous guidebooks will doubtless make you as welcome as cholera, a slightly circuitous route will need to be used. Continue up this road for 300m, there will be three houses on your left with tall trees outside them. Park at a layby outside the first of the three. Walk back towards the main road for 20m and then turn left up the farm track through a field. After the track enters a second field it will swing left/West, at this point turn right/East and clamber over limestone pavements until you meet a large wall and rough path. Follow the path and wall left/North to a gap at the top of the Scailp, about 15 minutes walk.
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-. Top Dog<br />
+. Top Dog<br />2. Paddy and Red<br />6. Black Boys Groove<br />7. Rowan<br />8. Yer Man<br />9. Lion's Share<br />10. Hamadryad<br />11.Clear and Pheasant Danger]]
 The routes are described from right to left bottom to top with the assistance of the obvious pillars.
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-'''Chesney''' E6 6b <br>''Kev Power, Damien O'Sullivan, Eoin Kennedy<br>''Located as marked for 'Clear and Pheasant Danger' in the new burren guidebook. Sorry Peter, 'Clear and Pheasant Danger' is about 10m left, just left of the blue streak. Follow the obvious crack, gear is hard to place and the crack does not take friends well. Route was first led on pre-placed gear before being stripped and gear placed on lead.
+'''Chesney''' E6 6b <br>''Kev Power, Damien O'Sullivan, Eoin Kennedy.<br>''Located as marked for 'Clear and Pheasant Danger' in the new burren guidebook. Sorry Peter, 'Clear and Pheasant Danger' is about 10m left, just left of the blue streak. Follow the obvious crack, gear is hard to place and the crack does not take friends well. Route was first led on pre-placed gear before being stripped and gear placed on lead.
 '''CLEAR AND PHEASANT DANGER '''20m E4 6a<br>''Kevin Power, Nigel Callender, January 2008.<br>''Climb crack (crux) for 6m until it runs out. Step left onto sloping ledge to arrange good gear. Pull back on right and climb through the bulge on good holds in somewhat suspect rock. Finish carefully up easy ground to the top.
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 '''LUNDY AT THE GATE''' 8m VD<br>''Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 20th October 2019.<br>''Climb the corner right of '''THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID'''.
-'''THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID''' VS 5b <br>''C. Mogensen, W. Ezzeddine, October 2008<br>''Climbs the cracks of the dry east facing wall and finishes up between the wide crack at the top, or (more interestingly) up the overhang to the left. Requires fist jams, hand jams, finger locks and other fun techniques! Well protected.
+'''THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID''' VS 5b <br>''C. Mogensen, W. Ezzeddine, October 2008.<br>''Climbs the cracks of the dry east facing wall and finishes up between the wide crack at the top, or (more interestingly) up the overhang to the left. Requires fist jams, hand jams, finger locks and other fun techniques! Well protected.
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 '''ENYA PLAYS THE BONGOS''' 8m S<br>''Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 20th October 2019.<br>''Left of '''Intergalactic Vice''' there is a cracked wall, this takes the left hand side of the wall finishing up a thin vertical crack, the crux is at the top but is well protected.
-'''LEGSPREADER''' S 4a <br>''First recorded ascent D. Tully, I.Carter, October 2008 <br>First climbed as "Sister Act" by S Walsh, O Walsh, D Walsh, 29th May 1999.<br>''Opposite wall to main climbing routes located about 30m down into the crag on the right hand side. Opposite "Top Dog". Climb the right hand crack up till you reach the horizontal crack then traverse across to follow the large crack on the left to the top, tricky traverse but good protection. Very slippy when wet.
+'''LEGSPREADER''' S 4a <br>''First recorded ascent D. Tully, I.Carter, October 2008.<br>First climbed as "Sister Act" by S Walsh, O Walsh, D Walsh, 29th May 1999.<br>''Opposite wall to main climbing routes located about 30m down into the crag on the right hand side. Opposite "Top Dog". Climb the right hand crack up till you reach the horizontal crack then traverse across to follow the large crack on the left to the top, tricky traverse but good protection. Very slippy when wet.
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 '''BVM''' * 13m S <br>''D. Walsh, C. Brogan 3/6/84. <br>''(Blessed Virgin Mary) The grotto 6m left of Skyward. Climb into the grotto. Climb the crack until it is possible to use the arête on the left. Strenuously over the top.

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 '''SKEW-WAYS''' 13m S <br>''D. Walsh, C. Brogan, 3/6/84. <br>''Start underneath the top of Skyward. Climb the nose on high handholds. Break out left as soon as possible to the crack. Follow this to the top. Strenuous.
-'''BVM''' * 13m S <br>''D. Walsh, C. Brogan 3/6/84. <br>''The grotto 6m left of Skyward. Climb into the grotto. Climb the crack until it is possible to use the arête on the left. Strenuously over the top.
+'''BVM''' * 13m S <br>''D. Walsh, C. Brogan 3/6/84. <br>''(Blessed Virgin Mary) The grotto 6m left of Skyward. Climb into the grotto. Climb the crack until it is possible to use the arête on the left. Strenuously over the top.
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 '''DOMESTICITY''' * 13m VS <br>''D. Walsh, 4/8/83. <br>''Start from a prickly ledge left of holly trees and about 6m left of and above the first pillar (Byrne Up). Climb the shallow depression. Gain a jug handle on the top of the shield (crux) with caution.
-'''CLEAR AND PHEASANT DANGER '''20m E4 6a<br>''Kevin Power, Nigel Callender, January 2008.<br>''Climb crack (crux) for 6m until it runs out. Step left onto sloping ledge to arrange good gear. Pull back on right and climb through the bulge on good holds in somewhat suspect rock. Finish carefully up easy ground to the top.
+[[File:Chesney.JPG|center|500px|Chesney.JPG]]
 '''Chesney''' E6 6b <br>''Kev Power, Damien O'Sullivan, Eoin Kennedy<br>''Located as marked for 'Clear and Pheasant Danger' in the new burren guidebook. Sorry Peter, 'Clear and Pheasant Danger' is about 10m left, just left of the blue streak. Follow the obvious crack, gear is hard to place and the crack does not take friends well. Route was first led on pre-placed gear before being stripped and gear placed on lead.
-[[File:Chesney.JPG|center|500px|Chesney.JPG]]
+'''CLEAR AND PHEASANT DANGER '''20m E4 6a<br>''Kevin Power, Nigel Callender, January 2008.<br>''Climb crack (crux) for 6m until it runs out. Step left onto sloping ledge to arrange good gear. Pull back on right and climb through the bulge on good holds in somewhat suspect rock. Finish carefully up easy ground to the top.
 '''HAMADRYAD''' * 23m VS <br>''S. Lyons, S. Barrett, D. Walsh, 29/5/83. <br>''Start 6m right of the second pillar, just right of a holly tree. Climb a shallow groove in the steep wall to the front of a left-facing corner with another two corners to finish.

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 The routes are described from right to left bottom to top with the assistance of the obvious pillars.
-'''GARGANTUAN''' 30m <br>''S P. Gargan, D. Walsh, August 1980. <br>''Start just right of the base of the first pillar on the left edge of the shallow depression. Keep left of the depression to gain a scruffy bay at half-height. Climb twin cracks to the top.
+'''GARGANTUAN''' 30m <br>''P. Gargan, D. Walsh, August 1980. <br>''Start just right of the base of the first pillar on the left edge of the shallow depression. Keep left of the depression to gain a scruffy bay at half-height. Climb twin cracks to the top.
 '''BYRNE UP''' ** 32m VS <br>''D. Walsh, L. Byrne, May 1981. <br>''The face of the first pillar. Start at the bottom of the pillar, directly under the huge overhang. Follow the obvious left-trending weakness to the bulge at 6m, which is turned on the left by a short awkward traverse (crux), and mantelshelf into a recess. Airily step back right above the bulge to a crack which is used to surmount the overhang above. Steep but easier ground to the top.

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 This is a narrow, scree-choked piece of low hillside which fell away leaving two cliffs facing one another across a sunken gap. Most of the climbing is on the north (south-facing) wall on which two pillars are obvious features. The crag is located on and approached across private property and is marked on the Tim Robinson map of the Burren. Turn inland (south) at the Bell Harbour junction towards Carran after 2km the Scailp can be seen on the right, turn right here
-Access - A number of new houses have been built on the right hand side of the road and thus the access routes going through these properties and described in previous guidebooks will doubtless make you as welcome as cholera, a slightly circuitous route will need to be used. Continue up this road for 300m, there will be three houses on your left with tall trees outside them. Park at a layby outside the first of the three. Walk back towards the main road for 20m and then turn left up the farm track through a field. After the track enters a second field it will swing left/West, at this point turn right/East and clamber over limestone pavements until you meet a large wall and rough path. Follow the path and wall left/North to a gap at the top of the Scailp, about 15 minutes walk.[[File:Scalp1.jpg|none|thumb|800x800px|
+Access - A number of new houses have been built on the right hand side of the road and thus the access routes going through these properties and described in previous guidebooks will doubtless make you as welcome as cholera, a slightly circuitous route will need to be used. Continue up this road for 300m, there will be three houses on your left with tall trees outside them. Park at a layby outside the first of the three. Walk back towards the main road for 20m and then turn left up the farm track through a field. After the track enters a second field it will swing left/West, at this point turn right/East and clamber over limestone pavements until you meet a large wall and rough path. Follow the path and wall left/North to a gap at the top of the Scailp, about 15 minutes walk.
 . Top Dog<br />
 . Paddy and Red<br />