Summit Register

Hewitt · Tipperary, Waterford, Ireland

Knockmealdown

792.4 m

2,600 ftDrop 678 mS 057 084

Finder: 99 Hewitts in Ireland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmKnockmealdown792.4Knocknafallia666.5Knockshanahullion653.3Greenane801.3Galtymore917.9
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmKnockmealdown792.4Knocknafallia666.5Knockshanahullion653.3
Looking north, 6817 km wide, heights ×2012 (method).

Knockmealdown is a Hewitt of 792.4 m in Tipperary, Waterford. It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county.

In the database's Knockmealdown, Comeragh and Monavullagh Mountains region it is the highest of five register hills, above Kilclooney Mountain and three others. The key col lies 18.2 km away to the north-west, at 114 m. Its drop of 678 m is 86% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 114 m above sea level. It shares its height of 792.4 m with Rampsgill Head. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Rampsgill Head (792.4 m) and Kilclooney Mountain (792 m). The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit792.4 mKey col114 mdrop 678 msea level
Key col R 895 168, 18.2 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

792.4 m19th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

678 m71st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

20.4 km63rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Knocknafallia3.7 km east
    666.5 m
  2. 2
    Knockshanahullion6.2 km west
    653.3 m
  3. 3
    Greenane20.4 km north-west
    801.3 m
  4. 4
    Galtymore23.6 km north-west
    917.9 m
1234KnocknafalliaGreenaneGaltymoreN10 km

Lists

  • 72nd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 425th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 29th highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Greenane, 801.3 m, 20.4 km north-west
Region
54A: Knockmealdown, Comeragh and Monavullagh Mountains
OS map
74
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
20040
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Knockmealdown

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