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Mizen/Sheeps Head Area , NE: Mizen NE Subarea
Feature count in area: 19, all in Cork, OSI/LPS Maps: 84, 85, 88, 89
Highest Place: Mount Gabriel 407m

Starting Places (15) in area Mizen/Sheeps Head:
Ahakista Pier, Brow Head Watch Tower, Cahergal, Carr Clós Dún Óir, Coosacuslaun Bay, Derrylahard East, Durrus Village, Kilcrohane, Letter Cillin CP, Mount Corrin Road, Mount Gabriel Road, Quarry, Sheeps Head Turning Point, Sherkin Island Pier, Sui Finn Car Park

Summits & other features in area Mizen/Sheeps Head:
NE: Mizen NE: Derrylahard East 301m, Knockaughna 268m, Mount Corrin 284m, Mount Gabriel 407m, Mount Kid 296.1m
NW: Sheeps Head: Ballyroon Mountain 239m, Caher Mountain 338m, Fahane 233m, Gouladane 303m, Seefin 345m
S: Cape Clear: Cnoicín an tSeabhaic (Clear Island) 160m
S: Knockomagh: Knockomagh 197m
S: Sherkin: Slievemore (Sherkin Island) 101m
SW: Mizen SW: Brow Head 108m, Knockaphuca 237m, Knockatassonig 207m, Knocknamaddree 313m, Lackenakea 164m, Mizen Peak 232m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Knockaughna, 268m Hill
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, Cork County in Munster province, in Binnion Lists, Knockaughna is the 1244th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference V89450 36580, OS 1:50k mapsheet 88
Place visited by: 9 members, recently by: chelman7, nickywood, Fergalh, Cobhclimber, thomas_g, Wildrover, eamonoc, sandman, chalky
I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)
Longitude: -9.595212, Latitude: 51.571538, Easting: 89450, Northing: 36580, Prominence: 100m,  Isolation: 4km
ITM: 489424 536650
Bedrock type: Cross-bedded sandstone & minor mudstone, (Toe Head Formation)

  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Knckgh, 10 char: Knckghn

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1195/
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            MountainViews.ie picture about Knockaughna
Picture: Summit Area.
Typical of the Area.
by sandman 2 May 2017
This hill is typical of the underfoot conditions of other hills in the area unless they have marked trails that is rock , whitish grass and boggy in many places. The fastest ascent is straight up off the R591 at the farm gate located at A (V88794 36873) but you can have a more relaxed approach via the gravel track at B (V88271 34660). At the very end of this track is a turning area and from there you will see a gate leading to the hillside, although you will cross two fences you will be rewarded with a nice ridge walk. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1195/comment/18903/
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by thomas_g 6 Jul 2018
I wouldn’t recommend driving up the track described by sandman. I did and got halfway where it became too overgrown to proceed. They only turning opportunity is a gate that requires some serious effort to get turned around. Park by the roadside and walk down. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1195/comment/19973/
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Picture: Overgrown Track
Track nearly Impassible
by Fergalh 8 Jun 2021
Update : The track indicated by Sandman is now totally impassable by any motorised vehicle including tractors as it is overgrown with trees. In fact shortly it will be totally overgrown as in parts it was hard to find ! Eventually I found the gate as indicated and headed up to the summit with a wonderful view in the declining light. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1195/comment/23169/
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Picture: View from about 4k to the NW
Low summit viewed from NW
by simon3 30 Jun 2021
Knockaughna viewed from across Dunmanus Bay at Ahakista Pier. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1195/comment/23192/
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