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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.
Ballyroon Mountain, 239mHill
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, Cork County in Munster province, in Binnion Lists, Ballyroon Mountain is the 1312th highest place in Ireland. Ballyroon Mountain is the most westerly summit in the Mizen/Sheeps Head area.
Grid Reference V73844 34165,
OS 1:50k mapsheet 88 Place visited by: 43members, recently by: DeirdreM, maoris, muddypaws, annem, daitho9, jackos, osullivanm, simon3, conorb, learykid, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, chelman7, jlk, Fergalh
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Did it as part of a trail run around the Sheeps Head Way. The fact that it could be done in shorts and trail runners in November should tell you that it's not in the least bit difficult. There is a well marked trail leading up from the cafe near the end of the Sheeps Head A (V733 340) - the cafe has a large car park. One first goes past a WWII lookout and on to the Signal Tower, which lasted from the Napoleonic Wars until 1989 when it was struck by lightning and collapsed. As one would expect from any summit at the end of a peninsula in the SW, the views are just stunning and well worth the minimal effort. From there, one can return to the cafe or head on to Kilcrohane on the Sheeps Head Way. If you have time to spare, do not miss the walk from the cafe out to the little lighthouse at the end of the peninsula. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1232/comment/17750/
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Picture: Trig pillar with Sheep's Head Way arrow !
Near the end of the Sheep's Head Way, worth the walk....
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