Knocknadobar
| Knocknadobar | |
|---|---|
| Cnoc na dTobar | |
| Coordinates | 51°59′35″N 10°10′32″W / 51.99302°N 10.175489°W |
| Naming | |
| English translation | hill of the wells |
| Language of name | Irish |
| Geography | |
  Knocknadobar | |
Mountains of the Iveragh Peninsula | |
| OSI/OSNI grid | V506845[1] |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Purple sandstone & siltstone[1] |
Knocknadobar (
Naming
Knocknadobar means "hill of the wells".
Geography
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Knocknadobar is northeast of
Pilgrimage
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Cnoc na dTobar is noted as an ancient pilgrim mountain.
The full Cnock na dTobar Pilgrimage Path takes circa 3.5 hours to complete the 9-kilometre route, and is part of the National Pilgrim Passport scheme run by Pilgrim Paths of Ireland.[8] The flat summit offers views of other major pilgrimage sites: Mount Brandon, and Skellig Michael.[7]
Books
- MountainViews (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7.
- Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102.
See also
- Drung Hill
- Lists of mountains in Ireland
- List of mountains of the British Isles by height
- List of Marilyns in the British Isles
- List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland
- Lists of long-distance trails in the Republic of Ireland
References
- ^ MountainViews. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ MountainViews.ie.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
- ^ a b c d Tony Dotherty (25 October 2014). "Go Walk: Cnoc na dTobar (Knocknadobar), Co Kerry". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
Dr Tomás Ó Carragáin, in his chapters on "Iveragh's sacred mountains" in The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry (Cork University Press), identifies Cnoc na dTobar as a site of devotion to St Fursey (c 597-650AD).
- ^ Database of British and Irish Hills.
- MountainViews Online Database. September 2018.
- ^ Irish Times. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Cnoc na dTobar". Pilgrim Paths of Ireland. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
External links
- Knocknadobar at MountainViews
- Passport for Ireland's Medieval Pilgrim Paths 2016, Collins Press (2016)
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