Turners Rock 420m hill, Shehy/Knockboy Ireland at MountainViews.ie
Welcome to MountainViews
If you want to use the website often please enrol (quick and free) at top right.
Overview
Detail
Zoom: ??
For more map options click on any overview map area or any detail map feature.
Find Suggested Walks
Find hill, mountain, island, coastal feature.
Videos
(none available)
Recent Contributions

Camenabologue SE

Track 3766 Bunsen7 11 hours ago
This shortish alternative track makes use of a forest ride (as heralded by Simon3) from Glenmalure to reach Camenabol... walk, Len: 10.6km, Climb: 664m, Area: Camenabologue SE Top, Dublin/Wicklow (Ir

Mullaghcleevaun circuit

Track 3765 osullivanm 12 hours ago
A very pleasant circuit although some difficult ground between Duff Hill and the return to start of hike. walk, Len: 17.3km, Climb: 792m, Area: Black Hill, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Blac...

An Alp for OAPs...

Forum: General Colin Murphy 2 days ago
If you an ageing hillwalker like myself who might have liked to bag an ‘Alp’ but are too long in the tooth to contemplate such an adventure, fear not, there is a simple little Austrian Alp you can...

Scrabo Hill: Hill with a tower on top

Summit Comment Wilderness 4 days ago
The hill on its own is 160 meters high and the tower is 40 meters high. The tower is closed during the winter months.The hill can be climbed from the car park just below the Golf Clubhouse at J475...

Divis: Great views

Summit Comment Wilderness 3 days ago
The car park is quite high up on the west side of the mountain at J266741. There are a number of different trails to walk around on Divis and Black mountain. Divis is the highest point (478m), wi...

Bonscale Pike-Wether Hill Loop

Track 3761 David-Guenot 4 days ago
A beautiful route which takes in 6 wainwrights (Bonscale Pike, Arthur's Pike, Loadpot Hill, Wether Hill, Steel Knotts... walk, Len: 17.3km, Climb: 948m, Area: Swarth Fell (Ullswater), Lake District -

MOUNTAINVIEWS MEMBERS MEET APRIL 2018

Forum: General liz50 3 days ago
Not long now until the first Mountainviews members meet of 2018. We will be walking in the Galtee mountains on Saturday 28th April. If you are thinking of joining us and would like more details pl...

Keelogyboy Mtn Far E Top: A small beautifully shaped mountain.

Summit Comment Wilderness 5 days ago
This mountain is easy to recognise because of its shape. A good place to start is at Doon Lough car park at G794363. From here walk down the R278 towards Sligo and take the second country road on ...

Great Mell Fell

Track 3760 David-Guenot 4 days ago
walk, Len: 3.2km, Climb: 277m, Area: Great Mell Fell, Lake District - Eastern F...

Cloghernagh: Snow Covered Plateau

Summit Comment davsheen a week ago
Cloghernagh and Lug taken from Croghanmoira

The Independent State

Forum: General BleckCra 5 days ago
Independence of Ireland from Britain but not from Europe. Independence of Catalonia from Spain but not from a Spanish jail. Independence of Scotland from no one but definitely from England. Indepe...

Little Mell Fell

Track 3759 David-Guenot 4 days ago
walk, Len: 1.2km, Climb: 130m, Area: Little Mell Fell, Lake District - Eastern ...
Conditions and Info
Use of MountainViews is governed by conditions.
General information about the site is here.
Opinions in material here are not necessarily endorsed by MountainViews.
Hillwalking is a risk sport. Information in comments, walks or shared GPS tracks may not be accurate for example as regards safety or access permission. You are responsible for your safety and your permission to walk see conditions.
Credits and list definitions are listed here Credits
Recent Items   RSS Feed for Recent Items.
MV Facebook page.   Visit our Facebook page.
Video display
Shehy/Knockboy Area
Rating graphic.
Turners Rock Hill Cork County, in Carn List, Cross-bedded sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 420m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: V91022 60192
Place visited by 31 members. Recently by: Wildrover, melohara, Dean, shaunkelly, ciarraioch, markmjcampion, simoburn, GSheehy, el_guapo, kernowclimber, mcrtchly, David-Guenot, slebog, garrettd, thomas_g
I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)

Longitude: -9.579915, Latitude: 51.783975 , Easting: 91022, Northing: 60192 Prominence: 95m,  Isolation: 2.6km
ITM: 490995 560256,   GPS IDs, 6 char: TrnrRc, 10 char: TrnrsRock
Bedrock type: Cross-bedded sandstone & siltstone, (Slaheny Sandstone Formation)

Turners Rock is immediately east of the tunnel at the summit of the Caha Mountain Pass. The rocks hereabouts are grooved due to the passage of ice according to T.J. Barrington (Discovering Kerry).   Turners Rock is the 847th highest place in Ireland. Turners Rock is the most westerly summit in the Shehy/Knockboy area.
Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/732/?PHPSESSID=4c9pmfgvapnatqlmcso263d8b4
COMMENTS for Turners Rock 1 of 1
A short run after the pass
Short Summary created by jackill,  20 Sep 2010
Park at V9056 6011 A on the N71, theres plenty of room on the Kerry side of the tunnel.
A path around the side points the way and then stay as close as you can to the sheepwire fence crossing to the Cork side of it as you reach the summit area. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/732/comment/5491/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Turners Rock in area Shehy/Knockboy, Ireland
Picture: View from Turner's rock over Barraboy to Knockboy and its attendant summits		  
scapania on Turners Rock, 2010
by scapania  5 Apr 2010
An easy, quick climb from the layby next to the 'welcome to Co. Cork' sign just after going through the main tunnel on the N71 Caha Pass road (V9056 6011 A), just follow the rough paths and then fence up over wet, rocky typical Beara ground. There is a cairn on a rock outcrop in the summit area, but outcrop just to the east seems to be a couple of feet higher. Nice enough view from the summit, especially across the shapely summit of Barraboy towards Knockboy. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/732/comment/4590/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Turners Rock in area Shehy/Knockboy, Ireland
Picture: Single Malt Celebrations
Not the worst spot to celebrate 100 local peaks
by thomas_g  27 Aug 2013
Came across the top of the tunnel from Baurearagh (watch for the hole that goes through to the road) and after a quick steep climb gained the top. Lovely views over Glengarriff and a bit of sun made for a very pleasant spot to spend a few minutes. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/732/comment/15160/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
(End of comment section for Turners Rock.)

OSi logo OSNI/LPS logo
Some mapping:
Open Street Map
(Various variations used.)
British summit data courtesy:
Database of British & Irish Hills
(Creative Commons Licence)
MountainViews.ie, a Hill-walking Website for the island of Ireland. 11 Million Visitors Per Year. 1300 Contributors.