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Dublin Area   S: Dublin South East Subarea
Place count in area: 18, OSI/LPS Maps: 43, 50, 56, AWW, EW-DM, EW-WE, EW-WW 
Highest place:
Kippure, 757m
Maximum height for area: 757 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 262 metres,

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Knocknagun Mountain Cnoc na gCon A name in Irish, also Cloghnagun, also Cloch na gCon, also Fitzwilliam's Seat an extra EastWest name in English (prob. Ir. Cnoc na gCon [PDT], 'hill of the dogs') Dublin/ Wicklow County in Leinster Province, in Arderin List, Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite Bedrock

Height: 555.3m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: O16328 18627
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Longitude: -6.259776, Latitude: 53.205614 , Easting: 316328, Northing: 218627 Prominence: 63m,  Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 716252 718656,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc555, 10 char: Knocknagun
Bedrock type: Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite, (Type 2e equigranular)

Cloch na gCon, 'stone of the dogs', is the name of the remarkable boulder near the summit [PNCW].   Knocknagun is the 405th highest place in Ireland.

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Knocknagun is a natural extension of any trip to .. by darrenf   (Show all for Knocknagun (Cnoc na gCon))
 
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A visit to Knocknagun some time ago gave me the i .. by padodes   (Show all for Knocknagun (Cnoc na gCon))
 
Cloghnagun is also likely William's Seat
by barryd  23 Jan 2011
Prince William's Seat and Knocknagun. These are the OS names for two popular hills between Glencullen & Glencree and people often enquire as to the identity of Prince William. It has been suggested that it's named after William, son of George IV, after a royal visit in 1821. Whilst it's possible that there might be a connection with this, in the mind of the official responsible for collecting names at the time, I think it's probable that there is an older origin... Though it's impossible to be 100% definitive, the evidence points to another mix up here by the OS. If we look at maps that predate the OS survey, the situation is different.
For the detailed explanation of this with maps, please refer to the Placenames & Heritage part of my website at http://www.eastwestmapping.ie/placenames-heritage#p10 and scroll to the bottom. In summary, I think the evidence points to the hill labelled by the OS as Prince William's Seat should 'properly' be called Glencullen Mountain and the hill labelled by the OS as Knocknagun should be Cloghnagun with the name (Fitz)Williams Seat for the large granite tor there known as Cloch na gCon. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/351/comment/6213/
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