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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 537.1mCarran 605.2mCarran Far NE Top 561mCarran Far North Top 506mCarran NE Top 555mCarran South Top 568.4mKnockantooreen 450m
N: Conigar:   Conigar 566mConigar SW Top 566mFoilastookeen 540m
N: Coomataggart:   Carrigalougha 423mCoomataggart 539.3mCoomataggart 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 South Top Mountain An Carn (Mullach Theas) A name in Irish For origin of name, see Carran. Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin List, Cross-bedded sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 568.4m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: W05473 67043
Place visited by 75 members. Recently by: srr45, Oscar-mckinney, SeanPurcell, Carolyn105, Kirsty, farmerjoe1, Sweeney, JohnFinn, DeirdreM, No1Grumbler, CusackMargaret, johncusack, a3642278, Krzysztof_K, derekfanning
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Longitude: -9.372446, Latitude: 51.848157 , Easting: 105473, Northing: 67043 Prominence: 42m,  Isolation: 0.9km
ITM: 505443 567106,   GPS IDs, 6 char: CrnSth, 10 char: CrnSthTp
Bedrock type: Cross-bedded sandstone & siltstone, (Slaheny Sandstone Formation)

Carran South Top is the 370th highest place in Ireland.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/331/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carran South Top (<i>An Carn (Mullach Theas)</i>) in area West Cork Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Carran South top from Carran main top
 
An uninspiring summit
Short Summary created by liz50  20 Mar 2019
The shortest approach to Carran S top is from Bealick. Starting from Gougane Barra forest park W070 653 starA C. Follow trail to it's high point then head North to Bealick then follow a fence to Carran S top.
Alternativly start from the KIlgarvan side following a track at W035 662 starB.
Carran S top can be taken in as part of a longer route including all 4 Carran tops starting near a farmyard at W039 689 starC Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/331/comment/5091/
 
I approached this one from the South-East side, f .. by john_desmond   (Show all for Carran South Top (An Carn (Mullach Theas)))
 
Another way in to the Carran area starts at aroun .. by simon3   (Show all for Carran South Top (An Carn (Mullach Theas)))
 
Bealick - avoid this descent... .. by Conor74   (Show all for Carran South Top (An Carn (Mullach Theas)))
 
View of Carran (left) and Carran South Top from K .. by Colin Murphy   (Show all for Carran South Top (An Carn (Mullach Theas)))
 
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