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Knockmealdown Mountains Area

Maximum height for area: 794 metres, Summits in area: 14, Maximum prominence for area: 682 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 74 For all tops Highest summit:

Knockmealdown, 794m

Summits in area Knockmealdown Mountains:

Knockshanahullion 652m

Sugarloaf Hill 663m

Knockshanahullion Mountain Cnoc Seanchuillinn A name in Irish
(Ir. Cnoc Seanchuillinn [OSI], 'hill of the old holly' or 'hill of
the old steep slope') Tipperary County In Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists

Height: 652m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 74 Grid Reference: R99956 10443 This summit has been logged as climbed by 126 members
I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)

Longitude: -8.001397, Latitude: 52.246176 Prominence: 317m, Isolation: 2km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 599904 610494, GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc652, 10 char: Knckshnhln

Knockshanahullion is the 188th highest summit in Ireland. Knockshanahullion is the second most northerly summit and also the second most westerly in the Knockmealdown Mountains area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockshanahullion in area Knockmealdown Mountains, Ireland

Picture: As seen from Shanrahan cemetry near Clogheen

Standing stones and a reek of rocks

Short Summary created by jackill 4 Jan 2012 Start at R 983 089 (Point A) where there is a decent carpark .
Cross the tarred road at the carpark and you will see a track leading east across the bog which leads you onto the main Avondhu way track,
You can also turn north on the tarred road and walk 200 meters to where the Avondhu way crosses the road.
Once on this rocky way follow it uphill for approx 2 kms until you gain a plateau at 600 mtrs elevation.
The track at this point can be followed straight ahead(north) or to the right(west).
Turn right and cross the plateau until the track starts to go downhill again at a waymarked way post.
Turn north here for the summit co-ordinates.
This gives you the easiest line of ascent to the summit.
Manmade standing stones are visible around the trig pillar with a massive stone mound behind.
This was known locally as the heap of stones, above the valley known as the Prisun.
Most of the stone is banked higher on the north side with a lower bank of stone to the south.One or two suggestions have been made regarding the heap - they were collected so that a fire could be lit to welcome some British monarch - very unlikely. Firewood is non existent up here. The other one is that they were used as signal fires, lighting fires on hilltops is well documented in relation to the druids and earlier. Remember St Patrick and the fire on the hill of Tara. There are little cells built into the stone, this heap would have provided some protection from the weather and would be manned permanently .

Point A: R983 089

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Picture: Avondhu way with Knockmealdown in background

A nice 11km loop that takes in this summit and Knocknalougha

by thomas_g 20 Jan 2012 Nice walk today, Started at carpark above Bay Lough (plenty of parking) at S031101 (Point B), from there follow the Avondhu way west (head towards statue west of carpark to get started) as far as S016097 (Point C), you are now leaving county Waterford and entering the Premier County. On the way to S016097 (Point C) you'll pass on old broken style at the edge of a forest at S022094 (Point D), this is where you'll rejoin the Avondhu way from the top of Knocknalougha.
From S016097 (Point C) follow the posts to the top of Knockshanahullion S000105 (Point E).
From the trig point at the top of Knockshanahullion, head for the top of Knocknalougha S020100 (Point F), this isn't terribly steep, but can be very slippery, be warned, I almost ended up on my a** a few times. When heading towards Knocknalougha, if you encounter a fence running east-west, keep it on your right it will lead you almost all the way to the flat, fairly uninteresting summit, now stop and enjoy the views (30m visibility today so no views for us).
From the summit head south to S022094 (Point D) and retrace your steps to the car park.
A possible alternative that I haven't tried is: from Knocknalougha summit, head north to S017115 (Point G) where you'll meet a rough path, follow this path east then south to Bay Lough and follow the trail back to S031101 (Point B) to the car.

Point B: S031 101	Point C: S016 097	Point D: S022 094
Point E: S000 105	Point F: S020 100	Point G: S017 115

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by simon3 27 Feb 2003 Knockshanahullion is readily reached from the same place as Farbreaga, namely the road at R 983 089. Incidentally, this road at 450m is easily the highest of the passes across the Knockmealdowns. Follow the Avondhu Way until you come to Knockclugga. Cloghy means a stony place and there are certainly stones all around. This irreverent monument from the “modern megalithic” period was standing on Knockclogga in early 2003.

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by jackill 24 Jan 2005 The Eastern Knockmealdowns viewed from Knockclugga near Knockshannahullion.
Knockaunabulloga is just left of centre , the Avondhu way coming from the Vee gap skirts along the edge of the forestry visible below.In the background you can see the Sugarloaf with the ridge to Knockmoylan and Knockmealdown.

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by simon3 27 Feb 2003 The western end of the Knockmealdowns has very little walker enlarged pathways. An exception unfortunately is illustrated in this picture of the Avondhu Way as it descends the east side of Knocklugga, a spur to the south of Knockshanahullion. The picture was taken in Feb 2003.

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by simon3 27 Feb 2003 The summit of Knockshanahullion has both a large cairn and trig pillar. The cairn has had some serious modern rearrangement done to it such as a circular stone shelter built on it.

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British summit data courtesy:
Database of British & Irish Hills
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