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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 34 members. Recently by: eamonoc, Aongus, patmoran, Wildrover, melohara, Dean, shaunkelly, ciarraioch, markmjcampion, simoburn, GSheehy, el_guapo, kernowclimber, mcrtchly, David-Guenot
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Longitude: -9.57985, Latitude: 51.784192 , Easting: 91022, Northing: 60192 Prominence: 95m,  Isolation: 2.6km
ITM: 491000 560280,   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 848th highest place in Ireland. Turners Rock is the most westerly summit in the Shehy/Knockboy area.
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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. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/732/comment/5491/
 
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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. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/732/comment/4590/
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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. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/732/comment/15160/
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