Cock Mountain South-West Top 505m mountain, Mourne Mountains W: Spelga Down Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Mourne Mountains Area , W: Spelga Subarea

Feature count in area: 58, all in Down, OSI/LPS Maps: 20, 29, EW-CLY
Highest Place: Slieve Donard 849m

Starting Places (33) in area Mourne Mountains:

Alex Steddom Tree,

Aughrim Airstrip,

Ben Crom Dam,

Bloody Bridge Car Park,

Carlingford Greenway,

Carrick Little,

Crocknafeola Wood,

Crotlieve Mountain,

Donard Car Park Newcastle,

Drummanmore Picnic,

Fofanny Reservoir,

Forest Office CP,

Gamekeepers Lodge CP,

Happy Valley Trassey Rd,

Hen Mountain CP,

Leitrim Lodge CP,

Mayo Road Corner,

Meelmore Lodge,

Newcastle Harbour,

Ott CP,

Red Bog Road,

Rourkes Park,

Sandy Brae,

Silent Valley Reservoir Head Rd,

Slieve Donard Trail Head,

Slieve Foye Viewing Point,

Slievefoy Forest CP,

Spelga Dam E,

Spelga Dam N,

Spelga Dam S,

Trassey Car Park,

Two Mile River CP,

Yellow Water Park

Summits & other features in area Mourne Mountains:
Cen: Loughshannagh: Ben Crom 526m, Carn Mountain 585.2m, Carn Mountain North Top 553.7m, Doan 592.6m, Ott Mountain 526.8m, Slieve Loughshannagh 617m, Slieve Muck 670.4m, Slievenaglogh 445m
E: Binnian: Slieve Binnian 745.9m, Slieve Binnian East Top 639m, Slieve Binnian North Top 678m, Slieve Binnian North Tor 682.5m, Wee Binnian 460m
E: Donard: Chimney Rock Mountain 656m, Crossone 540m, Millstone Mountain 460m, Rocky Mountain 524m, Slieve Donard 849m
E: Lamagan: Cove Mountain 654.8m, Slieve Beg 595.9m, Slievelamagan 702.2m
N: Bearnagh: Slieve Bearnagh 739m, Slieve Bearnagh North Tor 680m, Slieve Meelbeg 701.9m, Slieve Meelmore 687m
N: Castlewellan: Slievenalargy 280m, Slievenaslat 272m
N: Commedagh: Slieve Commedagh 767m, Slieve Corragh 641.9m, Slievenaglogh 584.4m, Slievenaglogh East Top 571m
N: Croob: Cratlieve 429m, Slieve Croob 534m, Slievegarran 391m, Slievenisky 446m
N: Rathfriland: Knockiveagh 235m
S: Kilkeel: Knockchree 306m
S: Rostrevor: Crenville 460m, Finlieve 578m, Slievemartin 485m, Slievemeel 420m, Slievemeen 472m
W: Hilltown: Gruggandoo 382m, Slieveacarnane 296m
W: Slievemoughanmore: Crotlieve Mountain 347m, Eagle Mountain 638m, Rocky Mountain 404m, Shanlieve 626m, Slievemoughanmore 560m, Tievedockaragh 473m, Wee Slievemoughan 428m
W: Spelga: Butter Mountain 500m, Cock Mountain 504m, Cock Mountain South-West Top 505m, Hen Mountain 354m, Pigeon Rock Mountain 534m, Pigeon Rock Mountain South Top 530m, Slievenamiskan 444m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Cock Mountain South-West Top, 505m Mountain Sliabh an Choiligh (mullach thiar theas) A name in Irish,

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For origin of name, see Cock Mountain., Down County in Ulster province, in no lists, Cock Mountain South-West Top is the 558th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference J25200 26600, OS 1:50k mapsheet 29
Place visited by: 101 members, recently by: MickM45, abeach, Dee68, Carolineswalsh, Beti13, Alanjm, blessobilly, Mark1, Florence, Paddym99, garybuz, ElaineM76, Kirsty, TommyMc, annem

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Longitude: -6.083536, Latitude: 54.173142, Easting: 325200, Northing: 326600, Prominence: 12m, Isolation: 0.3km
ITM: 725121 826605
Bedrock type: Granite, (Mourne Mountains Granite)

Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: CckMnt, 10 char: CckMntnSth
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1486/

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MountainViews.ie picture about Cock Mountain South-West Top (<em>Sliabh an Choiligh (mullach thiar theas)</em>) — Picture: *The SW top (right) as seen from its near neighbour.*

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Simplicity itself

by Colin Murphy 5 Jul 2021

Assuming you've bagged Cock Mountain itself, this is a breeze, as it is just 250m away to the south west. Despite it's closeness, the peak is well-defined in its own right and presents great vistas of the western Mournes. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1486/comment/23204/

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TommyMc a day ago
Safe access to this hill no longer appears possible via the turning circle at the end of the forest access track mentioned by other contributors. This is because large mounds of wood cuttings wast...

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Jim_Brady 2 days ago
followed eejaymm's initial parking directions for Annagh except I didn 't take the lane beyond the fence and opted for a direct assaultafter parking at the dead end down to the left of his pa...

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Track 5077

Colin Murphy 4 days ago
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Collaborative entry, last edit by: Colin Murphy 4 days ago
Crocknapeast is reached via a longish walk of about 13km return, mostly along windfarm tracks, and can be combined with a visit to Mulnanaff and Balbane Hill (unlisted) if you wish. There is ...

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Collaborative entry, last edit by: Colin Murphy 4 days ago
Mulnanaff is reached via a longish walk of about 10km return, mostly along windfarm tracks. There is parking for a couple of cars at a forestry entrance at G70138 81131. Cross over gate and w...

Track 5076 Onzy 6 days ago
Round taking in 5 Wainwrights - Maiden Moor, High Spy, Dale Head, Hindscarth and Robinson. The standard round ... walk, Len: 16.1km, Climb: 1057m, Area: Maiden Moor, Lake District - Central & |...

Track 5078

Colin Murphy 4 days ago
I had hoped to make this a 3-bagged-tops outing but unfortunately I couldn’t find a way up Croaghacullin that did... walk, Len: 13.8km, Climb: 569m, Area: Crocknapeast, Donegal SW (Ireland) Croc||

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Collaborative entry, last edit by: Colin Murphy 4 days ago
See Binbane summary for initial approach. From Binbane this top is a mere 600m. Head directly east, dropping down to about 400m elevation at the col, which is spotted with a few small pools. ...

Track 5075 Onzy 6 days ago
Classic Coledale taking in 5 Wainwrights - Grisedale Pike, Crag Hill, Sail, Outerside and Barrow. I was able t... walk, Len: 16.7km, Climb: 1202m, Area: Grisedale Pike, Lake District - Central|...

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