Tempan wondered whether the neighbouring peak of Knocknagun (, meaning hill of the dogs), which is of equal height and only separated by a small saddle, was the name given to both peaks. There is a granite Tor near the summit of Knocknagun, which would have served as a resting place (or seat) for the hunting parties of the Fitzwilliam family, who owned the lands from the mid 16th-century to the late 17th-century.