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, and 8 km southwest of

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Typical hill elevations run between 140 and 150 metres, with the highest point in the area being the 176m Knockbrack ().Ordnance Survey map of Naul area
Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 2010-08-02. Limestone quarrying has been carried out in the hills, and the '' London Encyclopaedia'' (1829) remarked, "there are coals at Naul...but the coal vein is not worked."''The London Encyclopaedia'', Vol. VII
London, T. Tegg & Son, 1829. Retrieved: 2010-08-12

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