Summit Register

Hewitt · Cork, Kerry, Ireland

Knockboy

704.8 m

2,312 ftDrop 609 mW 004 620

Finder: 3 Hewitts in Cork, Kerry

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmKnockboy704.8Knocknamanagh637Carran604Coomnadiha644Mangerton Mountain838.2
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmKnockboy704.8Knocknamanagh637Carran604
Looking north, 5521 km wide, heights ×1416 (method).

Knockboy is a Hewitt of 704.8 m in Cork, Kerry. It is the highest of the 3 register hills recorded in Cork, Kerry; the next is Knockowen at 660.3 m, 44.5 m lower.

It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county. The key col lies 81.2 km away to the north-east, at 96 m. Its drop of 609 m is 86% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 96 m above sea level. It shares its height of 704.8 m with Corra-bheinn. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit704.8 mKey col96 mdrop 609 msea level
Key col R 554 217, 81.2 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

704.8 m42nd highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

609 m111th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

18.9 km70th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Knocknamanagh4.3 km north
    637 m
  2. 2
    Carran7.5 km north-east
    604 m
  3. 3
    Coomnadiha15.8 km west
    644 m
  4. 4
    Mangerton Mountain18.9 km north
    838.2 m
1234KnocknamanaghCarranCoomnadihaN10 km

Lists

  • 152nd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 621st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 41st highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Mangerton Mountain, 838.2 m, 18.9 km north
Region
52A: Shehy Mountains
OS map
85
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
20088
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Knockboy

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The highest hills in each country and county