Naul Hills

Naul Hills
Naul Hills
Elevation 176 m (577 ft) [1]
Location
Location Dublin, Ireland
Range Naul Hills
Coordinates 53°34′28.2″N 6°17′1.32″W / 53.5745°N 6.2837°W / 53.5745; -6.2837
Topo map OSI Discovery 43
OSI/OSNI grid O133602
Climbing
Easiest route West from M1 on R122, then south on R108.

The Naul Hills, or Man-of-War Hills [2] are low-lying hills in north County Dublin, close to the village of Naul, formerly called The Naul,[3] (Irish: An Aill, meaning "cliff"). They lie beside the County Meath border, 30 km north of Dublin City (17 km north of the airport), 16 km north-northwest of Swords, and 8 km southwest of Balbriggan.[4]

Typical hill elevations run between 140m and 150m, with the highest point in the area being the 176m Knockbrack (Irish: An Cnoc Breac, meaning "the speckled hill"). [1] 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." [5]

References

  1. ^ a b Ordnance Survey map of Naul area (select Wind report option for elevation data). Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  2. ^ The Neighbourhood of Dublin by Weston St. John Joyce (3rd ed. 1920). Chapter X: Rathfarnham, Whitechurch, Kelly's Glen and Kilmashogue Mountain.
  3. ^ "Entry for Naul in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837". http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/n.php. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
  4. ^ "Fingal County Council, 2002". http://www.fingalcoco.ie/minutes/meeting_doc.aspx?id=20716. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
  5. ^ The London Encyclopaedia, Vol. VII, London, T. Tegg & Son, 1829. Retrieved: 2010-08-12

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