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West Cork Mountains Area   N: Carran Subarea
Place count in area: 62, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79, 85, 86, 88, 89 
Highest place:
Knockboy, 704.8m
Maximum height for area: 704.8 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 685 metres,

Places in area West Cork Mountains:
Cen: Maughanaclea:   Maughanaclea Hills East Top 470mMaughanaclea Hills West Top 452m
Cen: Shehy More:   Shehy More 545.6mShehy More SW Top 446m
E: Clearagh:   Clearagh Hill 287m
E: Currane:   Currane Hill 228m
N Cen: Douce:   Douce Mountain 476mDoughill Mountain 471m
N: Carran:   Barnastooka 497mBealick 537mCarran 604mCarran Far NE Top 561mCarran Far North Top 506mCarran NE Top 555mCarran South Top 567mKnockantooreen 450m
N: Conigar:   Conigar 566mConigar SW Top 566mFoilastookeen 540m
N: Coomataggart:   Carrigalougha 423mCoomataggart 530mCoomataggart SW Top 509mDerrineanig 304mLackabaun 472mMweelin 487m
NE Cen: Carrigarierk:   Carrigarierk 343m
NW: Barraboy:   Barraboy Mountain 460mBarraboy Mountain Far East Top 456mBarraboy Mountain SE Top 409mDerroograne 468mTurners Rock 420m
NW: Knockboy:   Caoinkeen 692.8mCaoinkeen South-East Top 553.5mCoomhola Mountain 472mKnockboy 704.8mKnockboy North Top 651.2mKnockboy South Top 533.3mThe Priest's Leap 519m
NW: Knocknamanagh:   Bird Hill 412mCoomclogherane Top 449mGullaba Hill 603mKnockbrack 440mKnockbrack South Top 458mKnocknamanagh 637mKnocknamanagh NE Top 625m
S Cen: Dunmanway Hills:   Cashloura 296.8mCoolsnaghtig 295.8mInchanadreen 310m
S Cen: Nowen:   Milane Hill 354.4mMullaghmesha 494.3mNowen Hill 535.2mNowen Hill Far West Top 405.2mNowen Hill SW Top 509mPookeen North Top 319m
S: Leap Hills:   Carrigfadda 311.7mKilleigh Hill 229mKnockarudane Hill 169mKnockscagh 195m
S: Skibbereen:   Barryroe Hill 156mLick Hill 158m
W Cen: Knockbreteen:   Knockbreteen 239m
W: Bantry:   Knocknaveagh 282m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Carran Mountain An Carn A name in Irish (prob. Ir. An Carn [PDT], 'the cairn') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Purple siltstone & fine sandstone Bedrock

Height: 604m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: W05250 67891
Place visited by 79 members. Recently by: derekfanning, johncusack, hivisibility, a3642278, jackos, wicklore, annem, chelman7, glencree, daitho9, tfm9, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, Ulsterpooka, eoghancarton
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Longitude: -9.375957, Latitude: 51.855728 , Easting: 105250, Northing: 67891 Prominence: 237m,  Isolation: 0.9km
ITM: 505217 567953,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Carran, 10 char: Carran
Bedrock type: Purple siltstone & fine sandstone, (Bird Hill Formation)

There is a substantial cairn on the summit which gives the hill its name.   Carran is the 275th highest place in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carran (<i>An Carn</i>) in area West Cork Mountains, Ireland
Picture: View from col between Carran NE Top & Carran
 
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by muddyboots  2 Feb 2015
I am amazed so few mountainviewers have climbed the Carran Group of 4! The last day of January brought snow cladded tops, sunny spells and the odd snow storm to make for a great day out. Similar to other comments start at W04326888 starE. This is just beyond the end of the yellow road on OS map. If you can ask the farmer, who I had a nice chat with, where to park. You need to park so that trucks can turn in these lanes, so he is happy is you park in his yard. Access to the hills no problem but a few walkers have told him where to go when he has met them and simply asked who they were (Dept. Of Agriculture inspectors often arrive unannounced). Walk into the valley using the track indicated on OS map starting at W045690 starF- you pass through a gate followed by another further on. Followed the track to the end then climb Carran Far N. Top and continue on to the other 3 peaks- there are two fences between Far N Top and NE top- one with barbed wire. The views of the snow coverd Paps, Reeks, Dunkerrons and Mangerton were fabulous. This is a wet boggy area. On the descent start down from Curran S Top aiming for W043672 starG. The track outlined on OS does not become obvious for nearly a km until W042678 starH when a steep descent can be done following a maze of tracks to abandoned houses at W042682 starI. Go just beyond these on the track but turn right into a field to pick up a track which runs along the mountain at 240m contour. The track is not clear but aim for old sheds at W047686 starJ then follow track across a stream which becomes a farm track to bring you back to the start. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/262/comment/17831/
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Don't park on the corner .. by thomas_g   (Show all for Carran (An Carn))
 
At just over the 600m mark Carran has good views .. by simon3   (Show all for Carran (An Carn))
 
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