Slievemaan ()
at , is the 54th–highest peak in
Ireland on the
Arderin
Arderin () is a mountain on the border between Laois and Offaly in Ireland. With a height of 527 metres (1,729 ft) it is the highest point in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, and is the highest point in both County Laois and County Offaly.
An ...
scale,
and the 70th–highest peak on the
Vandeleur-Lynam
The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attemp ...
scale.
[Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ] Slievemaan is situated in the southwen sector of the
Wicklow Mountains range, and is part of the large
massif of
Lugnaquilla , Wicklow's highest mountain.
Slievemaan lies at the southern end of the
Glen of Imaal.
To the west of Slievemaan is the subsidiary peak of Ballineddan Mountain , whose
prominence of qualifies it as a
Vandeleur-Lynam
The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attemp ...
.
Slievemann is sometimes confused with the other Wicklow mountain of Slieve Maan which is lower at .
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Wicklow Way
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Wicklow Round
The Wicklow Round is a long-distance hill running
Fell running, also sometimes known as hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off-road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. T ...
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Wicklow Mountains
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Lists of mountains in Ireland
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List of mountains of the British Isles by height
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List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland
References
External links
MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website Slievemaan
the largest database of British Isles mountains (" DoBIH")
Hill Bagging UK & Ireland
the searchable interface for the DoBIH
Mountains and hills of County Wicklow
Hewitts of Ireland
Mountains under 1000 metres
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