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Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 3 days ago
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Track 5221 Colin Murphy 3 days ago
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Track 5219 Colin Murphy 3 days ago
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Nagles Mountains Area   N: Fermoy Hills Subarea
Place count in area: 9, OSI/LPS Maps: 80, 81 
Highest place: Knocknaskagh, 426.5m
Maximum height for area: 426.5 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 293 metres,

Places in area Nagles Mountains:
E: Tallow:   Knockroe 177m
N: Fermoy Hills:   Ballydorgan 177mCorrin 220m
NW: Knocknaskagh:   Corran 407.5mKnocknaskagh 426.5mKnocknaskagh North Top 406.3mSeefin 424m
S: Dungourney:   Garrylaurence Hill 236mKnockakeo 238m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Ballydorgan Hill Cork County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Purple mudstone and sandstone Bedrock

Height: 177m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 81 Grid Reference: W89826 97483
Place visited by 25 members. Recently by: dregish, johncusack, chelman7, TippHiker, maryblewitt, mlmoroneybb, sarahryanowen, ConMack23, John.geary, Wildrover, Daingean, Juanita, CaminoPat, Fergalh, Toolio
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Longitude: -8.1493, Latitude: 52.129632 , Easting: 189826, Northing: 97483 Prominence: 119m,  Isolation: 9.3km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 589777 597539,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Blydrg, 10 char: Balydorgan
Bedrock type: Purple mudstone and sandstone, (Ballytrasna Formation)

Ballydorgan is the 1435th highest place in Ireland. Ballydorgan is the most northerly summit in the Nagles Mountains area.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1318/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ballydorgan in area Nagles Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Sunny Trig		  
Short walk to Trig Pillar
by Fergalh  16 Oct 2020
Followed Thomas_G's instructions and this turned out to be a short bag on a sunny day. Always nice to see a trig pillar on any hill Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1318/comment/20928/
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