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West Cork Mountains Area   Cen: Maughanaclea 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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Maughanaclea Hills West Top Hill Cnoic Mhacha na Cléibhe (mullach thiar) A name in Irish Cork County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Cross-bedded sandstone & minor mudstone Bedrock

Height: 452m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: W10924 54741
Place visited by 25 members. Recently by: DeirdreM, garrettd, daitho9, Colin Murphy, madfrankie, Wilderness, John.geary, chelman7, frostie89, eamonoc, Fergalh, learykid, Wildrover, conorb, markmjcampion
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Longitude: -9.290208, Latitude: 51.738519 , Easting: 110924, Northing: 54741 Prominence: 37m,  Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 510893 554807,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Mgh452, 10 char: MghnclHlsW
Bedrock type: Cross-bedded sandstone & minor mudstone, (Toe Head Formation)

Maughanaclea Hills West Top is the 730th highest place in Ireland.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/617/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Maughanaclea Hills West Top (<i>Cnoic Mhacha na Cléibhe (mullach thiar)</i>) in area West Cork Mountains, Ireland
Picture: From the south
 
2 tops the easy way
Short Summary created by jackill  2 Feb 2013
Park at W12115 53565 starA, the start of an access road room for 1-2 cars. Walk uphill on a good track until W11710 54245 starB where you take the right fork, the track, which gets more rough after a while , will lead you to the summit of the east top. From there a 2 km trek across rough bog will get you to the west top. Descend from the west top to approximately W11618 54700 starC to pick up a track the will take you back to the fork previously mentioned. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/617/comment/5376/
 
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