Knocklettercuss, Leitir Cois, Crooklettercuss 370m hill, North Mayo S: Bangor Erris Hills Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Knocklettercuss 370m, Sheean 295m,

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North Mayo Area S: Bangor Erris Hills Subarea

Place count in area: 19, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, EW-WNN
Highest place:

Maumakeogh, 379m
Maximum height for area: 379 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 294 metres,

Places in area North Mayo:
Cen: Pulathomas:

Barnacuillew 260m
E: Ballycastle Hills:

Knockaghaleague 237m

Knockboha 186m

Maumakeogh 379m
N: Benwee Head Cliffs:

Illanmaster Island 105m

Porturlin Hill 155m

Srahataggle 182m

Tawnaghmore 340m
S: Bangor Erris Hills:

Carrafull 269m

Knocklettercuss 370m

Knocknascollop NW Top 244m

Sheean 295m

Slieve Fyagh 335m
W: Belmullet:

Aghaglasheen 132m

Termon Hill 103m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Knocklettercuss Hill Leitir Cois A name in Irish, also Crooklettercuss, also Cruach Leitir Cos an extra EastWest name in Irish (Ir. Leitir Cois [amended from OSNB], 'wet hillside of the
river-bank') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Binnion List, Banded, graded and X-bedded quartzites. Bedrock

Height: 370m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 23 Grid Reference: F87598 19814
Place visited by 41 members. Recently by: TommyV, abeach, ochils_trekker, learykid, bryanjbarry, markwallace, Geo, jlk, gerrym, ryanguinness10, annem, Wilderness, Lauranna, eamonoc, Oileanach
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Longitude: -9.719554, Latitude: 54.115107 , Easting: 87598, Northing: 319814 Prominence: 212m, Isolation: 2.4km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 487575 819816, GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc370, 10 char: Knckltrcs
Bedrock type: Banded, graded and X-bedded quartzites., (Bangor/Corslieve Formation)

The Ordnance Survey Name Book gives Leitir Cos as the derivation of this name, which it interprets as 'spewy hillside of the foot'. Leitir Cos appears to be an error for Leitir Cois. Knocklettercuss is the second highest hill in the North Mayo area and the 1020th highest in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/878/

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A grand viewpoint into the Wild Nephin National P .. by gerrym (Show all for Knocklettercuss (Leitir Cois))

Set out to reach the summit of Knocklettercuss us .. by Big-Foot (Show all for Knocklettercuss (Leitir Cois))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knocklettercuss (<i>Leitir Cois</i>) in area North Mayo, Ireland

Picture: Lough Carrowmore behind the village of Bangor Erris

Ascend via the spur

by TommyV 30 Apr 2025

As mentioned by gerrym, the Bangor Erris trail gives easy access to Knocklettercuss. My plan was to follow the trail for a few kilometres before ascending directly to the summit and then return down the spur to add a bit of variety to this out and back loop. As the trail was more like a stream, after about 1.5km and one squelch too many I headed up to the spur and finished my approach to the summit on drier ground. Fantastic views from a 370 metre mountain. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/878/comment/24429/

Slieve Doom .. by Geansai (Show all for Knocklettercuss (Leitir Cois))

Nice circular route .. by PaulRevere (Show all for Knocklettercuss (Leitir Cois))

Simple ascent from the Bangor Trail .. by Geo (Show all for Knocklettercuss (Leitir Cois))

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