Stumpa Dúloigh (
Irish for "stump of the black lake")
also known as Maol, is the highest of the Dunkerron Mountains, part of the
Mountains of the Iveragh Peninsula
The Iveragh Peninsula () is located in County Kerry in Ireland. It is the largest peninsula in southwestern Ireland. A mountain range, the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, lies in the centre of the peninsula. Carrauntoohil, its highest mountain, is als ...
in
County Kerry
County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ...
,
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. It has a height of and lies southwest of
MacGillycuddy's Reeks
MacGillycuddy's Reeks () is a sandstone and siltstone mountain range in the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Stretching , from the Gap of Dunloe in the east, to Glencar, County Kerry, Glencar in the west, the Reeks is Ireland's high ...
.
Name
The mountain is named after a small lake called ''Loch an Dúloigh'' or Lough Duff. The mountain's alternative name ''Maol'' means "bare flat-topped hill". It is reflected in placenames on its slopes: ''Coimín na Maoile'', ''Loch na Maoile'' (Lough Namweela), and ''An Mhaol Ghlas'' (Moyleglass).
Geography
The mountain lies northwest of
Knockaunanattin (569 m). West of Stumpa Dúloigh the Dunkerron range splits in two parts: the NE one leads to
Broaghnabinnia (745 m) while the SE sub-range reaches
Knocknabreeda (569 m). With an
elevation
The elevation of a geographic location (geography), ''location'' is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational equipotenti ...
of 784 metres it is the 55th highest summit in Ireland.
Access to the summit
Stumpa Dúloigh's summit can be accessed from the end of
the Black Valley
The Black Valley or Cummeenduff () is a remote valley at the southern end of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range in County Kerry, Ireland, situated south of the Gap of Dunloe and north of Moll's Gap; it is used as a southerly access into th ...
; it is a 6 hours' walk (there and back) suitable only for experienced hikers.
References
External links
Stumpa Dúloigh at MountainViews
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Mountains and hills of County Kerry
Mountains under 1000 metres
Marilyns of Ireland
Hewitts of Ireland