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Blessington Lakeside Walk 2

Walk Guide march-fixer 6 days ago
Overview The existing tracks around Blessington Lakes (see Track 2173) have been extended with this new on on the south western shore near Valleymount. This is a virtually level track without...

Eskatarriff East Top: Nose of rock cut down to size by its neighbours.

Summit Comment simon3 6 days ago
Eskatarriff East is one of those places that looks incredibly intimidating near to. And indeed the area has had at least one accident, when on 10th October 2010 Kerry Mountain Rescue team were pl...

The Deputy's Pass extended walk

Track 2231 amadain17 4 days ago
Walk details on my site: http://rathdrumwalkers.wordpress.co walk, Length:9.1km, Climb: 227m, Area: Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland)

Northern Ireland: A Walking Guide by Fairbairn, Helen

Bibliography HelenFairbairn a week ago
Descriptions of 34 walking routes across Northern Ireland. From two-hour strolls to eight-hour mountain challenges. Each route has its own sketch map and is lavishly illustrated with colour photog...

Lambay Island tour offered.

Forum: General simon3 a week ago
The following message came in. Is anyone interested in this, perhaps in doing liaison ? I have details of the outfit arranging the tour. Simon Good Afternoon, I was wondering if...

Scarr: From Glenmacnass Waterfall

Summit Comment Sarkuns a week ago
My route was pretty simple. I left my car at Glenmacnass Waterfall car park and just took the direct route to Brown Mountain using animal and people paths to get to the summit. From Kanturk ther...

Wilsons Promontory

Track 2211 march-fixer 6 days ago
This huge national park is one of the state of Victoria's mo walk, Length:3.7km, Climb: 55m, Area: Australia ()

Lugnaquillia: Lug from Glenmalure side

Summit Comment Sarkuns a week ago
I climbed Lug from Glenmalure side. I start at bridge which crosses the Avonbeg River at the base of the Zigzags. Please use the gates and the marks to guide you… the zigzags are in very good cond...

YOU COULD FALL FOR IT

Forum: General BleckCra a week ago
Go bag some wicked traverses. Mourne Mountains Beg/Cove.

Lackabane: NW Spur

Summit Comment simon3 a week ago
The NE spur off Lackabane is something of a knife edge, descending steeply and with even steeper sides. Watch it on a poor day.

Valleymount Lakeside Track

Track 2208 march-fixer 6 days ago
The existing tracks around Blessington Lakes (see Track 2173 walk, Length:3.0km, Climb: 38m, Area: Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland)

Derryclancy: Bump between the Healy Pass and Hungry Hill.

Summit Comment simon3 a week ago
From the NW Derryclancy provides a relatively smoothed out aspect.
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Dublin/Wicklow Area   Dublin Mountains Subarea
Maximum height for area: 925 metres,   Summits in area: 89,   Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 49, 50, 55, 56, 61, 62 For all tops   Highest summit: Lugnaquillia, 925m

Summits in area Dublin/Wicklow:
Cupidstown Hill 379m
Dublin Mountains:   Corrig Mountain 617mGlendoo Mountain 586mKippure 757mKnocknagun 555mPrince William's Seat 555mSaggart Hill 395mSeahan 647mSeefin 621mSeefingan 723mTibradden Mountain 467mTwo Rock Mountain 536m
Wicklow Mountains:   Annagh Hill 454mBallinacor Mountain 531mBallinafunshoge 480mBallineddan Mountain 652mBallycumber Hill 431mBallycurragh Hill 536mBallyteige 447mBaltinglass Hill 382mBarranisky 280mBenleagh 689mBlack Hill 602mBrockagh Mountain 557mBrockagh Mountain SE Top 470mCamaderry 698mCamenabologue 758mCamenabologue SE Top 663mCarrick Mountain 381mCarrickashane Mountain 508mCarrigleitrim 408mCarriglineen Mountain 455mCarrigshouk 573mCarrigvore 682mChurch Mountain 544mCloghernagh 800mCollon Hill 238mConavalla 734mCorriebracks 531mCorrigasleggaun 794mCroaghanmoira 664mCroghan Kinsella 606mCushbawn 400mDerrybawn Mountain 474mDjouce 725mDuff Hill 720mFananierin 426mGravale 718mGreat Sugar Loaf 501mKeadeen Mountain 653mKirikee Mountain 474mKnocknacloghoge 534mLakeen 357mLittle Sugar Loaf 342mLobawn 636mLugduff 652mLugduff SE Top 637mLuggala 595mLugnagun 446mLugnaquillia 925mMaulin 570mMoanbane 703mMoneyteige North 427mMullacor 657mMullaghcleevaun 849mMullaghcleevaun East Top 790mMuskeagh Hill 397mPreban Hill 389mScarr 641mSeskin 344mSilsean 698mSleamaine 430mSlieve Maan 550mSlievecorragh 418mSlievefoore 414mSlievemaan 759mSorrel Hill 599mSpinans Hill 409mSpinans Hill SE Top 400mStoney Top 714mStookeen 420mTable Mountain 701mTinoran Hill 312mTomaneena 681mTonduff 642mTonelagee 817mTonelagee NE Top 668mTrooperstown Hill 430mWar Hill 686m
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Knocknagun Mountain Cnoc na gCon A name in Irish
(prob. Ir. Cnoc na gCon [PDT], 'hill of the dogs') Dublin/ Wicklow County In Arderin List

Height: 555m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: O16367 18553 This summit has been logged as climbed by 266 members
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Longitude: -6.259197, Latitude: 53.204921 Prominence: 63m,   Isolation: 1.3km
ITM: 716292 718580,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc555, 10 char: Knocknagun

Cloch na gCon, 'stone of the dogs', is the name of the remarkable boulder near the summit [PNCW].   Knocknagun is the 354th highest summit in Ireland.
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A grand walk close to Dublin
by brenno  5 Sep 2012 Must agree wholeheartedly with Captain V on the delights of the ridge south of Glencullen taking in Prince Williams Seat, Knocknagun and Glendoo - usually as part of a car-split walk from Cruagh Wood to Curtlestown Wood. I must have done this walk half a dozen times in the past few years and even in fine weather you'd be lucky to come across more than half a dozen people on the stretch when on the other side of the valley there will be hordes of walkers and mountain bikers on Fairie Castle, Two Rock and Three Rock. Access is dead easy - Curtlestown, Cruagh, from near the war cemetery at Glencree and the Wicklow Way from Glencullen - all no more than a half hour or so from the city. Can be a bit mucky but nothing gaiters can't handle. Tis true, lots of us Dubs will merrily drive for an hour and a half down to south Wicklow and ignore what's on our doorstep. And a good circuit of Glencullen builds up to a decent 20k-plus taking in Tibradden, Fairie Castle and Two Rock - so not just a Sunday morning stroll
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knocknagun in area Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: Ghostly Summit Spectres!		  
And out of the mist...........
by Dessie1  18 Oct 2011 Climbed Knocknagun on a miserable rainy misty Friday evening in September.Parked car at gateway to visible track O1410218667 (Point A).Followed track NE direction until I reached the col between Glendoo and Knocknagun(O1508219356 (Point B) roughly 510m height).I then took a SE direction to the summit of Knocknagun which out of the mist revealed an incredibly large summit Tor.O1636718555 (Point C)
Point A: O14102 18667 Point B: O15082 19356 Point C: O16367 18555
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knocknagun in area Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: Balancing act
by padodes  6 Mar 2009

A visit to Knocknagun some time ago gave me the itch to find out more about the origin of ‘tors’, those layered, convoluted rocky outcrops that can be found, among other places, on or near the tops of a handful of our granite mountains in Dublin and Wicklow (see photo). Although they aren’t as abundant as those to be found on the granite landscapes of Dartmoor in England or the Mournes in the North, they are equally intriguing when it comes to trying to figure out the process of their geological formation. (The word ‘tor’, too, is interesting in itself, since it is one of the few Celtic survivals in the English language. It is related to the Irish ‘tor’ or ‘túr’ and the Welsh ‘twr’, meaning tower.)

In the 18th century, it was suggested that tors were artificial constructions raised by the druids, but that speculation was swept aside by the development of geology as a science. There was even a stormy ‘tor controversy’ in Britain, with a lot of hot air in the sails of several different theories. One of them, Linton’s two-stage theory, is still defended today and might provide a plausible explanation for our own homegrown variety. This theory argues that tors were first sculpted in the warmer Tertiary Period by the chemical action of acidulated underground water on the jointed, fractured granite bedrock, which caused decay along the cleavage lines. Essentially, the feldspar in the granite was altered to kaolinite (china clay). Later, during a phase of intense freeze/thaw conditions in the Quaternary Period, more exactly the Pleistocene, the decomposed rock was removed by a kind of soil creep, the downhill slippage of waterlogged sediment over the permafrost beneath. In this way the residual outcrops finally stood out in the light of day and were exposed, as they still are today, to the further destructive action of the elements.

It’s a simplification, I know, but I find it gives me a bit of perspective – several million years of it, in fact – when I visit Three Rock, Two Rock, Carrigvore, Knocknagun, or other long-suffering tors further afield.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knocknagun in area Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: Rest in Peace		  
The German Graveyard
by wicklore  14 Mar 2011 Knocknagun rises on the north side of the Glencree Valley in Wicklow. and is distinguished by the large rock that sits near its summit. Travelling along the military road, the massive tor is highly visible on the otherwise featureless bog. However the hill also shelters a remarkably different piece of Irish history that is unique in all the land.

The western shoulder of Knocknagun sweeps down to meet the flank of Kippure above the hamlet of Glencree. This little settlement is home to the unique German Military Cemetery, which is situated in an old landscaped quarry. Under the exposed granite rock face sit several rows of crosses and plaques commemorating those German citizens who lost their lives in Ireland during World Wars I and II.

Although neutral, Ireland did not escape the effects of the military action during the wars. Several German military aircraft crashed here. These were due to poor weather, damage sustained over England, lack of fuel or navigational errors. Many German naval personnel were also found washed up around the country. In a sad twist of fate, the graveyard also contains the bodies of 46 German civilians who were being shipped from England to Canada for internment when their ship, the Arandora Star, was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Tory Island in Donegal in 1940. The graveyard also contains 6 soldiers from the First World War. They died while prisoners in a British prisoner of war camp located in Ireland.

Dr. Hermann Gortz is also buried at Glencree. As a spy, Gortz parachuted into County Meath in 1940. His mission was to enlist the IRA’s assistance during a potential German invasion of Britain. He was eventually arrested in possession of files on possible military targets in Ireland, as well as information on "Plan Kathleen". This was an IRA plan for the invasion of Northern Ireland with the support of the German military. Görtz was interned until the end of the war. When he was paroled in 1947 he was informed he would be deported to Soviet Germany. Terrified, he swallowed a cyanide capsule. He was buried in a Dublin cemetery, and in 1974 his remains were transferred to Glencree

In total there are 134 Germans buried in the Cemetery. This includes 81 naval and air service men, of whom the identities of only fifty three are known. The Cemetery is situated next to a rushing stream, which provides an atmospheric backdrop to the aura of this solemn and peaceful place. So if you are unfamiliar with this area and you happen to be walking along Knocknagun why not take the time to visit this quiet little corner of Irish history. A poem by Stan O Brien says it all:

“It was for me to die
.
Under an Irish sky

There finding berth

Under good Irish earth.

What I dreamed and planned

Bound me to my Fatherland.

But War sent me

To sleep in Glencree.

Passion and pain

Were my loss-my gain:

Pray, as you pass

To make Good my loss”

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Cloghnagun is also likely William's Seat
by barryd  23 Jan 2011 Prince William's Seat and Knocknagun. These are the OS names for two popular hills between Glencullen & Glencree and people often enquire as to the identity of Prince William. It has been suggested that it's named after William, son of George IV, after a royal visit in 1821. Whilst it's possible that there might be a connection with this, in the mind of the official responsible for collecting names at the time, I think it's probable that there is an older origin... Though it's impossible to be 100% definitive, the evidence points to another mix up here by the OS. If we look at maps that predate the OS survey, the situation is different.
For the detailed explanation of this with maps, please refer to the Placenames & Heritage part of my website at http://www.eastwestmapping.ie/placenames-heritage#p10 and scroll to the bottom. In summary, I think the evidence points to the hill labelled by the OS as Prince William's Seat should 'properly' be called Glencullen Mountain and the hill labelled by the OS as Knocknagun should be Cloghnagun with the name (Fitz)Williams Seat for the large granite tor there known as Cloch na gCon.
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by darrenf  22 Jul 2009 Knocknagun is a natural extension of any trip to PWS. It has been well noted on this site of the boggy conditions between PWS and Knocknagun however on a recent visit to the area (18th July 09) while the conditions were soggy they were by no means impassable. Indeed there is a lot of backtracking and leap frogging to contend with but surely we are familair with this scenerio! Its a short leap to Knocknagun from PWS, 20 mins perhaps and its a trip I would recommend - the views are worthy of the short extension to the walk. Djouce, Maulin, Tonduffs, and Kippure with its eagle nest and corrie lakes are all in view. I dropped down to the forest edge between Knocknagun and PWS for my descent and took the track which handrails the forest edge. This eventually takes you to a series of wider forest tracks which will bring you to Cloon Carpark (O174170 (Point D)). Its a short sprint along the road back to Curtlestown Wood Carpark (O175167 (Point E)) where I began the walk. 2.5-3 hours in total should suffice to complete the loop of PWS and Knocknagun.
Point D: O174 170 Point E: O175 167
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