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Achill & Corraun Area   SE: Corraun Subarea
Place count in area: 16, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 30, CBW, EW-ACC, EW-ACC 
Highest place:
Croaghaun, 688m
Maximum height for area: 688 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 688 metres,

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Corraun Hill Highpoint Mountain Corraun Hill East Top A name in English, also Cnoc an Chorráin (pointe is airde), also Slieve Aghkerane an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. Cnoc an Chorráin [OSNB*], 'hill of the hook') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Irish Best Hundred Lists, Red sandstone, conglomerate & mudrock Bedrock

Height: 541m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 30 Grid Reference: L77736 96118
Place visited by 115 members. Recently by: paulbrown, Oscar-mckinney, Jai-mckinney, Carolyn105, johncusack, glencree, a3642278, peter1, annem, ryanguinness10, Geo, elizauna, eflanaga, nupat, Wes
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Longitude: -9.860862, Latitude: 53.900033 , Easting: 77736, Northing: 296118 Prominence: 506m,  Isolation: 2.3km
ITM: 477708 796120,   GPS IDs, 6 char: CrnHlH, 10 char: CrnHlHghpn
Bedrock type: Red sandstone, conglomerate & mudrock, (Maam Formation)

This peak is unnamed on OSI maps. However, the name Cnoc an Chorrain / Corraun Hill is used locally for the whole bulk of this mountain, not just for the lower western peak where this name is marked by OSI. Named Slieve Aghkerane on EastWest Corraun map, 2016. This version of the name comes from 'A New Map of Ireland' by Daniel Beaufort 1797 which is, in this area based on MacKenzie's sea charts of 1776 (Barry Dalby). Slieve Aghkerane is an unusual anglicisation of Ir. Sliabh an Chorráin, 'mountain of the hook'. It was the tradition for local children to gather bilberries on the mountain, and also another kind of small white berry called caora aitinn, which were bottled in whiskey, buried, and kept as remedies for ailments. This took place on the last Sunday of July, known locally as Garlic Sunday (apparently a corruption of 'garland') or Domhnach Chrom Dubh [MacNeill, 191-92]. Previously Cullydoo in MV.   Corraun Hill Highpoint is the 443rd highest place in Ireland. Corraun Hill Highpoint is the second most easterly summit in the Achill & Corraun area.

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A simple straightforward route to the top .. by group   (Show all for Corraun Hill Highpoint (Corraun Hill East Top))
 
All of Corraun's summits in 24 hours. .. by garrettd   (Show all for Corraun Hill Highpoint (Corraun Hill East Top))
 
First a beware that the forest and tracks have ch .. by gerrym   (Show all for Corraun Hill Highpoint (Corraun Hill East Top))
 
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Picture: Looking NE to Knockletragh from the shoulder of Corraun Hill East Top.
 
Mist, mist and more mist!
by Harry Goodman  13 May 2020
Climbed Corraun Hill East Top on Wed 12 Oct 2011 as part of a round that also included Corraun Hill (See my comments on Corraun Hill for first part of the route). From the broad saddle (Pt 421) we went E very gently uphill to a cairn at L7683995608 starD. We then took a slight change of direction and went NE over increasingly stoney ground, past a series of cairns, to the summit cairn. Continuing thick mist ensured we had no views and made for a sharp turnaround back down SW to the cairn at L7683995608 starD where we stopped for lunch. As we sat the mist started to lift and quite soon we had views across SW to Achill Beg and NW across the Sound. Before continuing down we went about 200m NW across the hillside to get a view down to the corries and small loughs below the N face of the Plateau (see photo). Although the mist persisted on the tops we were very pleased to have had an opportunity to see for ourselves some of the delights this hill has to offer for a future visit. From L7683995608 starD we went SW down the long but gentle slope, over varied ground conditions, to the track at L751 948 starE which we then followed down to the road and back to the start. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/372/comment/6592/
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Rocky mountain high .. by Colin Murphy   (Show all for Corraun Hill Highpoint (Corraun Hill East Top))
 
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