Carhoo Hill

Hill in County Kerry, Ireland

Carhoo Hill

County Kerry, Ireland

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Carhoo Hill or Ballymacadoyle Hill (Irish: Cnoc na Ceathrún, meaning 'Hill of the quarter')^[2] is a large hill south-west of Dingle in County Kerry, Ireland.

Geography

The 184-metre (604 ft) high hill stands 4 km west of Dingle in an isolated position in the short peninsula dividing Dingle Harbour from the Atlantic Ocean.^{[citation needed]}

The top of the hill hosts the Eask Tower, a solid stone tower built in 1847.^[3] It offers a view on a long stretch of Dingle Peninsula and Iveragh Peninsula.^[4]

Name

The English meaning of Cnoc na Ceathrún is hill of the quarter.^[5]

Access to the summit

The walk which leads up to the summit takes 1.6 km from the asphalted road. Due to the very interesting panorama it's advisable to choose a clear day for it.^[3]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cnoc na Ceathrun.

^ ^a ^b "Dingle West Area / Carhoo Hill". MountainViews. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ "Carhoo Hill [Ballymacadoyle Hill] [Cnoc na Ceathrun]". www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Dublin City University. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Eask Tower And Hill". www.discoverireland.ie. Failte Ireland. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ Daugherty, Christi; Jewers, Jack (2011). Frommer's Ireland 2011. John Wiley & Sons.
^ Joyce, Patrick Weston (1870). Vocabulary of Irish Root Words. Retrieved 5 March 2015.