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West Cork Mountains Area   N Cen: Douce 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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Douce Mountain Hill Damhais A name in Irish Ir. Damhais [OSI], possibly 'ox ridge' or ‘stag ridge’ Cork County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Sandstone and siltstone Bedrock

Height: 476m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: W12300 61400
Place visited by 32 members. Recently by: Bernieor, madfrankie, John.geary, eamonoc, bandre, chelman7, tfm9, Fergalh, Wildrover, learykid, conorb, alanshep, markmjcampion, Juanita, CaminoPat
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Longitude: -9.271975, Latitude: 51.798568 , Easting: 112300, Northing: 61400 Prominence: 211m,  Isolation: 2.1km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 512269 561464,   GPS IDs, 6 char: DcMntn, 10 char: DcMntn
Bedrock type: Sandstone and siltstone, (Gortanimill Formation)

This peak is situated to the east of the southern end of Céim an Fhia / Keimaneigh. There is some variation in the spelling of the name in Irish, and the element cnoc is sometimes prefixed to it.   Damhais is the 648th highest place in Ireland.

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The 2 D Mountains to the Pass of Keimaneigh .. by jlenny   (Show all for Douce Mountain (Damhais))
 
Douce (476) and Doughill (471) in the Shehy Range .. by davsheen   (Show all for Douce Mountain (Damhais))
 
Shehy February Views .. by davsheen   (Show all for Douce Mountain (Damhais))
 
There is a private rpad into an area known as the .. by mart   (Show all for Douce Mountain (Damhais))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Douce Mountain (<i>Damhais</i>) in area West Cork Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Douce and Doughill from Shehy Mor
 
Shehy Mountain Walk
by davsheen  1 Jan 2017
View from the ascend to Shehy Mor over towards Douce and Doughill in snow not far from Gougane Barra. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/530/comment/18760/
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Into the Lost Valley .. by thomas_g   (Show all for Douce Mountain (Damhais))
 
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