Duff Hill

Mountain in Wicklow, Ireland

Duff Hill is located in island of Ireland
Duff Hill
Duff Hill
Location in Ireland
LocationWicklow, Republic of IrelandParent rangeWicklow MountainsOSI/OSNI gridO093082[1]Topo mapOSi Discovery 56GeologyMountain typeGranite with microcline phenocrysts[1]

Duff Hill (Irish: An Cnoc Dubh, meaning 'black hill')[2] at 720 metres (2,360 ft), is the 78th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[3] and the 97th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[4][5] Duff Hill is in the middle section of the Wicklow Mountains, in Wicklow, Ireland, and is part of the large massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft), which lies to its south.[6] Gravale, which is 718 metres (2,356 ft) tall, lies to its immediate north.[7]

Bibliography

Summit cairn with the north face of Mullaghcleevaun in background
  • Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892118.
  • Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019.
  • MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7.
  • Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102.

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "Duff Hill". MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
  3. ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m". MountainViews Online Database.
  4. ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
  5. ^ Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
  6. ^ Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019.
  7. ^ Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102. Walk 4: Carrigvore, Gravale, Duff Hill, Mullaghcleevaun East Top, Mullaghcleevaun
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  • MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Duff Hill
  • MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
  • The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
  • Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH


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