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Mizen/Sheeps Head Area   SW: Mizen SW Subarea
Place count in area: 19, OSI/LPS Maps: 84, 85, 88, 89 
Highest place:
Mount Gabriel, 407m
Maximum height for area: 407 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 312 metres,

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Knocknamaddree Hill Cnoc na Madraí A name in Irish (prob. Ir. Cnoc na Madraí [PDT], 'hill of the dogs') Cork County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Purple mudstone and siltstone Bedrock

Height: 313m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 88 Grid Reference: V79010 29869
Place visited by 22 members. Recently by: daitho9, chelman7, nickywood, roops, thomas_g, Fergalh, learykid, BillWatson, eamonoc, scapania, Wildrover, bergman, TommyV, frankmc04, chalky
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Longitude: -9.743413, Latitude: 51.509107 , Easting: 79010, Northing: 29869 Prominence: 288m,  Isolation: 3.5km
ITM: 478986 529940,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc313, 10 char: Kncknmdr
Bedrock type: Purple mudstone and siltstone, (Castlehaven Formation)

Knocknamaddree is the 1133th highest place in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knocknamaddree (<i>Cnoc na Madraí</i>) in area Mizen/Sheeps Head, Ireland
Picture: View from the North
 
Hope you get the weather
Short Summary created by simon3, jackill  30 Jun 2021
Park in a layby at a bad bend in the road at V79100 30650 starA, room for 3 cars. Walk directly uphill, keeping near the crest as its less up and downs.You will still have to zig-zag it upwards across shelves of rock and ledges of bog to the summit cairn Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/942/comment/5701/
 
Most extensive views of the Mizen Peninsula.
by garrettd  12 Aug 2014
Started the climb of Knocknamadree from the highest part of the road, beside a red holiday house at V798304 starB. There is a space for most of one car on the opposite side of the road from the house on the southern side. The best route is to stay on the ridge away from the inviting grassy vistas that are in fact very spongy, even after a decent summer. I suspect the rain runs off the rock and collects in these culverts and are probably atrocious in winter. There is a small lake on the ascent which has had a causeway built across it to make two lakes. There is a reasonably large cairn at the summit and the views in all directions are superb, possibly the best of any of the Mizen peaks, and that is saying something. Return by the same way. Another possible (steeper) route would be from the road that skirts the mountain on its northern flank. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/942/comment/17611/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knocknamaddree (<i>Cnoc na Madraí</i>) in area Mizen/Sheeps Head, Ireland
Picture: That rounded bump is Bird Island
See how much she loves you, climb Knocknamaddree!
by jackill  3 Jun 2010
I am forever grateful to my long suffering wife.
She does not enjoy hillwalking and yet has tolerated my early departures to knockwhatsitsname near ballyhellifIknow for many years now.
Last weekend though she surpassed herself. We were away for a romantic weekend in west Cork and on Saturday we spent a glorious day walking the roads of Clear Island then, on the way home on Sunday, she insisted I knock off the summits nearby on the basis that it would need a 2.5 hour drive on my part to get back to the end of the Mizen peninsula.
Knocknamaddree then was climbed from the road at V79100 30650 starA, zig-zag it upwards across shelves of rock and ledges of bog to the summit cairn. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/942/comment/5845/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knocknamaddree (<i>Cnoc na Madraí</i>) in area Mizen/Sheeps Head, Ireland
Picture: Little house on the prairie.
 
Lesser visited gem.
by TommyV  2 Nov 2018
I tackled this hill from the North East side as there was room for parking at V79058 30617 starC and access onto the open hill. Head South for little over a kilometer and you will reach the summit. There are some surprisingly steep parts on this hike so you may find yourself zig zagging a bit. Lovely views over to the Sheeps Head peninsula. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/942/comment/20155/
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