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Slieve Miskish Area   N: Allihies Subarea
Place count in area: 7, OSI/LPS Maps: 84 
Highest place: Knockoura, 490m
Maximum height for area: 490 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 395 metres,

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Knockoura Hill Cnoc Cumhra A name in Irish Cork County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Purple & green sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 490m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 84 Grid Reference: V62123 46264
Place visited by 53 members. Recently by: Colin Murphy, Muscles1960, mountainmike, Taisce, chelman7, nickywood, annem, moggy40, eamonoc, bandre, Aongus, Fergalh, liz50, millsd1, Wildrover
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Longitude: -9.992903, Latitude: 51.652513 , Easting: 62123, Northing: 46264 Prominence: 395m,  Isolation: 2.7km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 462105 546333,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc490, 10 char: Knockoura
Bedrock type: Purple & green sandstone & siltstone, (Caha Mountain Formation)

The Bearhaven copper mines, located to the west of Knockoura on the low but rugged hills above Allihies, were run by the Puxley family of Dunboy. Daphne du Maurier relocated them on Hungry Hill for her novel of the same name.   Knockoura is the highest hill in the Slieve Miskish area and the 598th highest in Ireland. Knockoura is the second most easterly summit in the Slieve Miskish area.
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Simple walk up tarmac road. .. by group   (Show all for Knockoura (Cnoc Cumhra))
 
Knockoura and the copper mines of Allihies .. by kernowclimber   (Show all for Knockoura (Cnoc Cumhra))
 
"No comments so far about Knockoura", says the MV .. by pdtempan   (Show all for Knockoura (Cnoc Cumhra))
 
A hurried summit climbed mostly by car .. by Geo   (Show all for Knockoura (Cnoc Cumhra))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockoura (<i>Cnoc Cumhra</i>) in area Slieve Miskish, Ireland
Picture: Dursey Island from Knockgour		  
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by TommyV  2 Nov 2018
It's possible to drive all the way to the masts at the top of Knockgour, or however far you feel comfortable on this twisty farm track. As I was in the wifes car and not my own, I decided to drive most of the way and I parked at the second last hairpin bend at around 400 metres. A short walk will bring you to the masts at the top of Knockgour. From here it's about a kilometer over to Knockoura along a rough track. Great views of both sides of the Beara Peninsula for little effort. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/485/comment/20158/
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