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Caha Mountains Area   N: Knockeirka Subarea
Place count in area: 57, OSI/LPS Maps: 83, 84, 85, 88 
Highest place:
Hungry Hill, 682m
Maximum height for area: 682 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 400 metres,

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Barraduff Mountain Hill Cnoc Bharr Dubh A name in Irish (Ir. Cnoc Bharr Dubh [OSI], 'hill of Barr Dubh or black top') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Purple & green sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 400m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: V90847 65609
Place visited by 26 members. Recently by: eamonoc, Colin Murphy, John.geary, chelman7, Taisce, Fergalh, Bernieor, madfrankie, daitho9, pdelacy, shaunkelly, ciarraioch, ahendroff, chalky, thomas_g
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Longitude: -9.584155, Latitude: 51.832607 , Easting: 90847, Northing: 65609 Prominence: 95m,  Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 490820 565672,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BrdfMn, 10 char: BrdfMntn
Bedrock type: Purple & green sandstone & siltstone, (Caha Mountain Formation)

Barraduff Mountain is the 950th highest place in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Barraduff Mountain (<i>Cnoc Bharr Dubh</i>) in area Caha Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Kenmare Bay from the summit.
 
Approach from the south west.
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy  30 Mar 2022
One approach is starting from V 896 635 starA, where there is just about parking for 2 cars. Just behind the parking spot a narrow trail starts in a NE direction and continues on and off until Castle Rock, which is a prominent rise and appears almost to be a separate top. After this you continue in a northerly direction across a flattish, occasionally boggy col, losing about 80m in height before ascending again, the last 300m or so becoming quite steep. The summit is unmarked but offers great views of Kenmare Bay and the surrounding hills. Return journey to car about 7km, taking about 2 hours. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/832/comment/5591/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Barraduff Mountain (<i>Cnoc Bharr Dubh</i>) in area Caha Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Barraduff from the SW
Suggested access for the group of hills.
by simon3  26 Apr 2011
One way of accessing this summit and the other two hills in the area (Knockeirka and Killaha) is to start from where a narrow public road reaches its highest point at around V 896 635 starA. There is a small amount of parking here and access onto the open hillside in such a way that it is unlikely to cause any difficulty with landowners. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/832/comment/6319/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Barraduff Mountain (<i>Cnoc Bharr Dubh</i>) in area Caha Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Looking down on Dromoughty from Barraduff
 
3 summits, 2 hours, 1 beautiful location
by Conor74  12 Jun 2010
Took this in as part of a circuit including Knockeirka and Killaha Mountain. See former for details of parking and ascent of that summit. At the top of Knockeirka, turned west south west and the route to Barraduff is easily visible on a clear day. In cloud or mist simply stay near the wire and post fence that runs from one summit to the other. Warning - this is met by a number of other fences along the way, though all relatively easy to get over. Going was very straightforward, perhaps gaiters useful at wetter times as we walked it in a very dry spell and even still had to skirt the odd boggy patch. The walk itself is lengthy enough, between 2 and 3 km, but fast going, took about 35 minutes to cross from Knockeirka to Barraduff. A short pull up at the end for about 50m, but very straightforward and rewarded with fine views over Dromoughty and down the Kenmare Bay. The summit is featureless, no cairns. Lovely area though, very remote feel to it. From there we moved on to Killaha Mountain, which again was easy to pick out on a clear day, and again a fence runs between the two which might be convenient in poorer visibility.

WARNING - (i) All 3 mountains contain a lot of fences for a good reason. Lots of sheep. This really is no place for a dog. At all. And (ii) the 2 hours was really for headline purposes, it took us about 2 hours 20 mins overall from car back to car, and we walked pretty fast, so allow a bit more time... Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/832/comment/5869/
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Alternative route for Barraduff Mtn
by three5four0  9 Oct 2011
Parked at Simons previously mentioned spot at V896 635 starA and followed sheep tracks up the ridge, behind the parking spot (more like a bay cut out of the slope), to Caste Rock. On the summit area of Castle Rock there is a fence junction, with one fence descending northwards, follow this into the col, pass the standing stone and climb the slopes of Barraduff Mountain. We continued on and took in the other 2 MV summits, giving around of 13.9 km in about 3 hours 45 min. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/832/comment/6579/
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