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Knocknascollop NW Top 244m,
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North Mayo Area   S: Bangor Erris Hills Subarea
Place count in area: 19, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, EW-WNN 
Highest place:
Maumakeogh, 379m
Maximum height for area: 379 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 294 metres,

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Knocknascollop NW Top Hill Cnoc na Scolb (mullach thiar thuaidh) A name in Irish (prob. Ir. Cnoc na Scolb [PDT], 'hill of the scollops') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Binnion List, Banded, graded and X-bedded quartzites. Bedrock

Height: 244m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 22 Grid Reference: F80129 29787
Place visited by 11 members. Recently by: FilHil, eamonoc, TommyV, Fergalh, Garmin, harry66, sandman, chalky, IncaHoots, Big-Foot, fir-na-laighin
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Longitude: -9.837718, Latitude: 54.203005 , Easting: 80129, Northing: 329787 Prominence: 231m,  Isolation: 7.8km
ITM: 480105 829791,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc244, 10 char: KncknsNWTp
Bedrock type: Banded, graded and X-bedded quartzites., (Bangor/Corslieve Formation)

This hill, which is the highest point on a ridge consisting of three peaks, is unnamed on OS maps. However, the name Knocknascollop is given for the SE peak on the Discovery map, and on William Bald's map of Co. Mayo (1830) the NW peak is marked Knock-na-Skalib (effectively the same name), showing that this name applies to the whole ridge. Scollops are looped sticks used to secure thatch on a roof. The name probably refers to the notched appearance of the ridge. Previously Carrowmore Hill in MV.   Knocknascollop NW Top is the 1292th highest place in Ireland.

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Decent views of Carrowmore Lake make this climb w .. by Big-Foot   (Show all for Knocknascollop NW Top (Cnoc na Scolb (mullach thiar thuaidh)))
 
True Summit. .. by sandman   (Show all for Knocknascollop NW Top (Cnoc na Scolb (mullach thiar thuaidh)))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knocknascollop NW Top (<i>Cnoc na Scolb (mullach thiar thuaidh)</i>) in area North Mayo, Ireland
Picture: Looking Down on Carrowmore Lake
 
The unofficial high point.
by TommyV  9 Sep 2019
This route actually takes in the cairn on Knocnascallop and not the NW top which is five metres higher. My plan was to take in the NW top but after driving around it seemed that parking and access for Knocknascallop proper was much easier. There is a carpark at Carrowmore Lake lake at F83035 28297 starG. From here follow the road South for a couple of hundred metres until you see a good place to head out onto the open hillside. From here it's little over a kilometre climb to the cairn at the summit. If you have time you could make a ridge walk over to the NW top and drop down to the road following the lake back to the carpark. As I had climbed a few other hills in the area earlier that day, I did not have the will or the energy to do this. For the sake of five metres, I'm claiming this one. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1006/comment/20650/
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