Knockanore 265.5m hill, North Kerry N: Ballybunion Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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North Kerry Area N: Ballybunion Subarea

Place count in area: 3, OSI/LPS Maps: 63, 71
Highest place:

Crusline, 355m
Maximum height for area: 355 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 252 metres,

Places in area North Kerry:
N: Ballybunion:

Knockanore 265.5m
S: Stacks Mountains:

Crusline 355m
W: Ballyheigue:

Maulin Mountain 217m

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

Knockanore Hill Cnoc an Fhómhair A name in Irish (Ir. Cnoc an Fhómhair [logainm.ie], 'hill of the autumn') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Mudstone, siltstone & sandstone Bedrock

Height: 265.5m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 63 Grid Reference: Q91005 42559
Place visited by 33 members. Recently by: JohnRea, Lauranna, liz50, Fergalh, madfrankie, Eileen-Dad, TommyV, wicklore, jackill, Geo, hivisibility, Carrauntoohilboy, chalky, la1ena, eamonoc
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Longitude: -9.606576, Latitude: 52.523899 , Easting: 91006, Northing: 142559 Prominence: 252m, Isolation: 15.7km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 490979 642605, GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc266, 10 char: Knockanore
Bedrock type: Mudstone, siltstone & sandstone, (Shannon Group)

The Irish form on the Discovery map is different from that found at logainm.ie: Cnoc an Óir, 'hill of the gold'. Knockanore is said to have been the scene of a great slaughter in ancient times. [OSNB] Tis said that there was a great monument erected in memory of the slaughter in the spot where the trigl. Station stands; it was called Lact na Fulla. [OSNB] This battle is mentioned in O'Sullevan Beare's Historiae Catholicae Iberniae Compendium. The tradition of a great battle is based on the intrepretation of the name as Cnoc an Áir [OSNB, OG], 'hill of the slaughter'. Knockanore is the second highest hill in the North Kerry area and the 1250th highest in Ireland. Knockanore is the most northerly summit in the North Kerry area and also the most easterly.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/984/

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Poor foreground, excellent background .. by group (Show all for Knockanore (Cnoc an Fhómhair))

After the previous day in the Knockmealdowns had .. by Peter Walker (Show all for Knockanore (Cnoc an Fhómhair))

An easy summit bag .. by liz50 (Show all for Knockanore (Cnoc an Fhómhair))

You can drive right to the summit of Knockanore i .. by three5four0 (Show all for Knockanore (Cnoc an Fhómhair))

What a view!! .. by atlantic73 (Show all for Knockanore (Cnoc an Fhómhair))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockanore (<i>Cnoc an Fhómhair</i>) in area North Kerry, Ireland

Picture: Looking out on the Shannon estuary with the Loop Head peninsula in the background.

Easy bag.

by TommyV 2 Nov 2018

This hill in North Kerry is the highest point in the region so there are some nice views over the Shannon estuary. There is a road leading all the way to the top, so I bagged this one by driving to the top as per Peter Walkers directions. You can actually touch the trig point with your car. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/984/comment/20152/

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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