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Dunkerron Mountains Area   Cen: Knocknagantee Subarea
Place count in area: 65, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 83, 84, 85, EW-KNP, EW-R 
Highest place:
Stumpa Dúloigh, 784m
Maximum height for area: 784 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 528 metres,

Places in area Dunkerron Mountains:
Knocknagantee Near West Top 628m
Cen: An Bheann Mhór:   An Bheann Mhór 674.7mAn Bhinn Láir 514mCoomcallee 648.9mBeann na Stiocairí 673.1mCoomnahorna 590mGlanbeg 485.8mSlievenashaska 578mSlievenashaska South Top 565.4m
Cen: Knocknagantee:   Knockmoyle 682.1mFinnararagh 667mCnoc Breasail 591mKnocknagantee 674.3mKnocknagantee West Top 553mCoomnacronia 636mCoomura Mountain 666m
Cen: Mullaghanattin:   An Cnoc Riabhach 534mBeann 752mBeann Far SW Top 636.2mBeann NE Top 692mBeann South Top 639mBeann SW Top 657mSallagh 570mMullaghanattin 773mMullaghanattin East Top 594mSallagh South-West Top 543m
E: Kenmare:   Gortamullin 205mKnockanaskill 356mLetter South 362m
N: Knocknacusha:   Knocknacusha 547m
NE: Knocknabreeda Ridge:   Crossderry 489mKnocknabreeda 569mMothaillín 506m
NE: Knocknagapple:   Bascadh 595mBascadh West Top 569mBoughil 631mCnoc na gCapall 639mKnocklomena 641m
NE: Stumpa Dúloigh:   Broaghnabinnia 745mKnockaunanattin 569mKnockaunanattin West Top 467mStumpa Dúloigh 784mStumpa Dúloigh SE Top 780mStumpa Dúloigh SW Top 663m
SW: Caherdaniel:   Farraniaragh Mountain 468mEagle Hill 155mReenearagh 162mBeenarourke 304mKnocknasullig 117mCahernageeha Mountain 498.7m
SW: Coad ( Castle Cove ):   Beenrour 418mEagles Hill 549mMullaghbeg 509m
SW: Coomduff:   Coomduff 244m
SW: Deenish:   Deenish Island (2) 144m
SW: Esknaloughoge:   Esknaloughoge 416mEsknaloughoge North Top 420m
SW: Scarriff:   Scarriff Island 252m
SW: Sneem:   An Bheann Mhór 309.3mDereenavurrig Hill 261mKnockanamadane 270mKnocknafreaghane 313mKnocknagullion 413m
SW: Staigue:   Staigue Top 459mStaigue NE Top 435m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Knocknagantee Mountain Cnoc na gCáinte A name in Irish Ir. Cnoc na gCáinte [TH], poss. 'hill of the blamed ones’ [PDT] Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Green sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 674.3m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78/83 Grid Reference: V66795 72991
Place visited by 154 members. Recently by: overthehill67, DeirdreM, bryanmccabe, bagoff, NualaB, Beti13, Ianhhill, chelman7, Jai-mckinney, Oscar-mckinney, Carolyn105, Djouce, Sienna, SeanPurcell, Barrington1978
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Longitude: -9.935714, Latitude: 51.893697 , Easting: 66795, Northing: 72991 Prominence: 102.06m,  Isolation: 1.2km
ITM: 466774 573053,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knckng, 10 char: Knckngnt
Bedrock type: Green sandstone & siltstone, (St. Finans Sandstone Formation)

The track to the summit makes Knocknagantee one of the more easily accessible peaks on the long, remote ridge between Ballaghbeama and Coomakista. The Irish form is given as Cnoc na gCáinte in Toponomia Hiberniae, but the meaning of the second element and the background to the name are unclear. The translation tentatively provided here takes the second element as cáinte, an adjective meaning ‘blamed, blameworthy’, in the genitive plural.   Cnoc na gCáinte is the 154th highest place in Ireland.

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A high rocky summit on the spine of Iveragh overl .. by group   (Show all for Knocknagantee (Cnoc na gCáinte))
 
Knocknagantee can be reached as part of a circuit .. by simon3   (Show all for Knocknagantee (Cnoc na gCáinte))
 
Knocknagantee - East Ridge (On the right) with Ke .. by eric   (Show all for Knocknagantee (Cnoc na gCáinte))
 
Great walking in the area with the great weather .. by peterkerry   (Show all for Knocknagantee (Cnoc na gCáinte))
 
Bedposts of the boggy bower. .. by simon3   (Show all for Knocknagantee (Cnoc na gCáinte))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knocknagantee (<i>Cnoc na gCáinte</i>) in area Dunkerron Mountains, Ireland
 
csd on Knocknagantee, 2003
by csd  20 May 2003
Access to Knocknagantee is slightly tricky - follow the instructions in "Best Walks" to the letter and you will eventually end up at the farm near 669 712 starE. If your car is in any way low slung, you'll need to take it very gently! The route itself is fairly straightforward, a circuit of Eagles Lough, Lough Coomanassig, and the summit of Knocknagantee itself. Keep well to the left of the waterfall on the way up to Coomanassig - the spray can make things quite slippy. Pick up the farm track on the way down off the summit (head west) - note that the track extends much further NNW than is shown on the OS map. Photo shows Knocknagantee from the eastern shore of Eagle's Lough. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/147/comment/504/
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