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West Cork Mountains Area   NE Cen: Carrigarierk Subarea
Place count in area: 62, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79, 85, 86, 88, 89 
Highest place:
Knockboy, 704.8m
Maximum height for area: 704.8 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 685 metres,

Places in area West Cork Mountains:
Cen: Maughanaclea:   Maughanaclea Hills East Top 470mMaughanaclea Hills West Top 452m
Cen: Shehy More:   Shehy More 545.6mShehy More SW Top 446m
E: Clearagh:   Clearagh Hill 287m
E: Currane:   Currane Hill 228m
N Cen: Douce:   Douce Mountain 476mDoughill Mountain 471m
N: Carran:   Barnastooka 497mBealick 537.1mCarran 605.2mCarran Far NE Top 561mCarran Far North Top 506mCarran NE Top 555mCarran South Top 568.4mKnockantooreen 450m
N: Conigar:   Conigar 566mConigar SW Top 566mFoilastookeen 540m
N: Coomataggart:   Carrigalougha 423mCoomataggart 539.3mCoomataggart SW Top 509mDerrineanig 304mLackabaun 472mMweelin 487m
NE Cen: Carrigarierk:   Carrigarierk 343m
NW: Barraboy:   Barraboy Mountain 460mBarraboy Mountain Far East Top 456mBarraboy Mountain SE Top 409mDerroograne 468mTurners Rock 420m
NW: Knockboy:   Caoinkeen 692.8mCaoinkeen South-East Top 553.5mCoomhola Mountain 472mKnockboy 704.8mKnockboy North Top 651.2mKnockboy South Top 533.3mThe Priest's Leap 519m
NW: Knocknamanagh:   Bird Hill 412mCoomclogherane Top 449mGullaba Hill 603mKnockbrack 440mKnockbrack South Top 458mKnocknamanagh 637mKnocknamanagh NE Top 625m
S Cen: Dunmanway Hills:   Cashloura 296.8mCoolsnaghtig 295.8mInchanadreen 310m
S Cen: Nowen:   Milane Hill 354.4mMullaghmesha 494.3mNowen Hill 535.2mNowen Hill Far West Top 405.2mNowen Hill SW Top 509mPookeen North Top 319m
S: Leap Hills:   Carrigfadda 311.7mKilleigh Hill 229mKnockarudane Hill 169mKnockscagh 195m
S: Skibbereen:   Barryroe Hill 156mLick Hill 158m
W Cen: Knockbreteen:   Knockbreteen 239m
W: Bantry:   Knocknaveagh 282m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Carrigarierk Hill Cork County in Munster Province, in no lists, Green-grey sandstone & purple siltstone Bedrock

Height: 343m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: W21094 61742
Place visited by 9 members. Recently by: DeirdreM, chelman7, eamonoc, Wildrover, Fergalh, Juanita, CaminoPat, jackill, thomas_g
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Longitude: -9.14461, Latitude: 51.802951 , Easting: 121094, Northing: 61742 Prominence: 95m,  Isolation: 6.2km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 521061 561806,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crgrrk, 10 char: Crgrrk
Bedrock type: Green-grey sandstone & purple siltstone, (Gun Point Formation)

Carrigarierk is the 1071th highest place in Ireland.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1099/
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Even the dog had more sense. .. by chelman7   (Show all for Carrigarierk )
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carrigarierk  in area West Cork Mountains, Ireland
Picture: What to expect on the hill...
 
Brambles all the way....
by Fergalh  16 Oct 2020
I followed Thomas_G's route and instructions and would further advise a machete would be advisable...Not an easy one by any stretch of the imagination. For anyone who dismisses the binnions as being easy try this one ! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1099/comment/20938/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
That sinking feeling .. by thomas_g   (Show all for Carrigarierk )
 
Suffer no more .. by DeirdreM   (Show all for Carrigarierk )
 
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