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Feature count in area: 44, by county: Tipperary: 36, Limerick: 8,
OSI/LPS Maps: 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66
Highest Place: Keeper Hill 691.6m
Starting Places (31) in area Midlands SW:
Ballincurra Hill South, Ballyhourigan Wood Loop Walk, Barnane Lodge, Castlewaller Wood Forest Road, Coillte Knockanroe, Commanealine Wood, Commaun Beg North, Cullaun South, Cummer South, Curreeny Wood, Doonane Forest Carpark, Foildhine Mulkeir Rivers, Glenaneagh Park, Glenstal Wood CP, Gortagarry Hill West, Greenan Cross, Knockadigeen Hill SW, Knockanora East, Knockanully, Knockaviltoge East, Knockfune Wood Bend, Knockmaroe Wood, Knockmehill South, Knockteige SW, Nicker, Raven's Rock, Ring Hill West, River Doonane, The Lookout, Tobernagreana, Upperchurch
Summits & other features in area Midlands SW:
Cen: Mauherslieve: Cummer 405m, Foilduff 400m, Knockmaroe 411m, Mauherslieve 543m
E: Upperchurch Hills: Knockalough 427m, Knockaviltoge 364m
N: Knockshigowna: Knockshigowna 212m
NE: Devilsbit: Benduff 455m, Black Hill 228m, Devilsbit Mountain 480m, Gortagarry 458m, Kilduff Mountain 445m, Knockanora 433m
NE: Templederry: Ballincurra Hill 403m, Commaun Beg 403m, Cooneen Hill 467m, Coumsallahaun 320m, Knockadigeen Hill 402m
NW: Arra Mountains: Corbally Hill 339m, Tountinna 457m
NW: Silvermine Mountains: Silvermine Mountains East Top 479m, Silvermine Mountains Far East Top 410m, Silvermine Mountains West Top 489m
SE: Hollyford Hills: Falleennafinoga 388m, Foildarg 440m, Glenaneagh 420m, Gortnageragh 418m, Knockastanna 444m, Knockbane 433m, Lackenacreena 413m, Ring Hill 426m, Tooreen 457m
SW: Slieve Felim: Cullaun 460m, Derk Hill 236m, Knockroe 204m, Knockseefin 235m, Slieve Felim 427m, Slieve Felim East Top 423m, Slieve Felim South Top 407m
W: Keeper Hill: Bleanbeg 368m, Boolatin Top 446.6m, Keeper Hill 691.6m, Knockane 411m, Knockfune 452m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Highest Place: Keeper Hill 691.6m
Starting Places (31) in area Midlands SW:
Ballincurra Hill South, Ballyhourigan Wood Loop Walk, Barnane Lodge, Castlewaller Wood Forest Road, Coillte Knockanroe, Commanealine Wood, Commaun Beg North, Cullaun South, Cummer South, Curreeny Wood, Doonane Forest Carpark, Foildhine Mulkeir Rivers, Glenaneagh Park, Glenstal Wood CP, Gortagarry Hill West, Greenan Cross, Knockadigeen Hill SW, Knockanora East, Knockanully, Knockaviltoge East, Knockfune Wood Bend, Knockmaroe Wood, Knockmehill South, Knockteige SW, Nicker, Raven's Rock, Ring Hill West, River Doonane, The Lookout, Tobernagreana, UpperchurchSummits & other features in area Midlands SW:
Cen: Mauherslieve: Cummer 405m, Foilduff 400m, Knockmaroe 411m, Mauherslieve 543m
E: Upperchurch Hills: Knockalough 427m, Knockaviltoge 364m
N: Knockshigowna: Knockshigowna 212m
NE: Devilsbit: Benduff 455m, Black Hill 228m, Devilsbit Mountain 480m, Gortagarry 458m, Kilduff Mountain 445m, Knockanora 433m
NE: Templederry: Ballincurra Hill 403m, Commaun Beg 403m, Cooneen Hill 467m, Coumsallahaun 320m, Knockadigeen Hill 402m
NW: Arra Mountains: Corbally Hill 339m, Tountinna 457m
NW: Silvermine Mountains: Silvermine Mountains East Top 479m, Silvermine Mountains Far East Top 410m, Silvermine Mountains West Top 489m
SE: Hollyford Hills: Falleennafinoga 388m, Foildarg 440m, Glenaneagh 420m, Gortnageragh 418m, Knockastanna 444m, Knockbane 433m, Lackenacreena 413m, Ring Hill 426m, Tooreen 457m
SW: Slieve Felim: Cullaun 460m, Derk Hill 236m, Knockroe 204m, Knockseefin 235m, Slieve Felim 427m, Slieve Felim East Top 423m, Slieve Felim South Top 407m
W: Keeper Hill: Bleanbeg 368m, Boolatin Top 446.6m, Keeper Hill 691.6m, Knockane 411m, Knockfune 452m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Grid Reference R84510 64439, OS 1:50k mapsheet 59
Place visited by: 32 members, recently by: Arcticaurora, chelman7, Colin Murphy, Krzysztof_K, garrettd, LiamG1951, maryblewitt, mlmoroneybb, sarahryanowen, JohnRea, MichaelG55, LorraineG60, FrankMc1964, wicklore, thomas_g
I visited this place: NO
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Bedrock type: Greywacke, siltstone & grit, (Hollyford Formation)
Notes on name: Previously Knockfune E Top in MV.
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Knckfn, 10 char: Knockfune
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/616/
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Summary
for Knockfune (An Cnoc Fionn):
Long walk to so-so summit.
Summary created by Colin Murphy
09 Nov, 2023
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simon3 on Knockfune
by simon3
8 Mar 2009
One way, not necessarily the best, of reaching this summit is to park at Knockfune Wood Bend (R82340 63991) where there is space for a few cars. Walk into the forest following the tracks (marked reasonably accurately on the 1:50k at this point) until you get to E (R836 641). Go east across the stream and reach the track. Follow the track towards the summit. There are two possible tops. One which probably is the higher is in the trees and can be reached by going to a foresters path cut through the trees starting at F (R84547 64474) which is at the NE edge of the forest. The summit is about 70m SW of this point along the forester's track.
The other candidate summit is at G (R8448 6470) and has the advantage of being in the open with some sort of view.
Perhaps it would be easier to reach this summit from somewhere else such as what appears as a forest entrance at H (R854 652)
It is possible to go from the summit to Knockane some 2.1km north however the route we found was difficult and circuitous taking us through briars, young forest, wet felled areas etc until we found the track marked on the map which skirts the summit to the south and turns for the top at I (R8440 6633). Perhaps someone else knows a better way. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/616/comment/3623/
Knockfune Wood Bend (R82340 63991) where there is space for a few cars. Walk into the forest following the tracks (marked reasonably accurately on the 1:50k at this point) until you get to E (R836 641). Go east across the stream and reach the track. Follow the track towards the summit. There are two possible tops. One which probably is the higher is in the trees and can be reached by going to a foresters path cut through the trees starting at F (R84547 64474) which is at the NE edge of the forest. The summit is about 70m SW of this point along the forester's track.The other candidate summit is at G (R8448 6470) and has the advantage of being in the open with some sort of view.
Perhaps it would be easier to reach this summit from somewhere else such as what appears as a forest entrance at H (R854 652)
It is possible to go from the summit to Knockane some 2.1km north however the route we found was difficult and circuitous taking us through briars, young forest, wet felled areas etc until we found the track marked on the map which skirts the summit to the south and turns for the top at I (R8440 6633). Perhaps someone else knows a better way. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/616/comment/3623/
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For peak baggers only?
by aidand
4 Jul 2011
There is a new forest road running across the top of Knockfune. Coillte seems to be preparing for both harvesting and replanting. There is also a large aerial perhaps 300 meters from the very top. This was erected some years ago, probably to assess windspeeds for a windfarm that was never developed. It is hard to pinpoint the exact summit of Knockfune. A much better view is available just to the north outside the forest. It is now easy to link up both Knockfune and nearby Knockane using the forest roads and the Slieve Felim Way.
Overall Knockfune is not too exciting, and as it is close to much higher hills is easy to ignore. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/616/comment/6398/
Overall Knockfune is not too exciting, and as it is close to much higher hills is easy to ignore. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/616/comment/6398/
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tricky trees section
by Fergalh
10 Jan 2023
I parked at (J (R85368 65210)) and i walked up track to where it turned right at this point there is a rough track that runs uphill......follow this and after 50 metres turn left (K (R84696 65189)) and struggle through trees uphill for 200 metres or so than you will reach fence cross this to rough ground and proceed to the top. There is wonderful view of Keeper Hill from near the summit Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/616/comment/15898/
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