Tibradden Mountain

Tibradden Mountain

Infobox Mountain
Name = Tibradden Mountain
"Sliabh Thigh Bródáin"
Photo = Tibradden Mountain.jpg
Caption = Tibradden Mountain photographed from Mountpelier (Hell Fire) Hill, Dublin
Elevation = 467 m (1532 ft)
Location = Dublin, IRL
Range = Dublin Mountains
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Coordinates = coord|53|14|N|6|17|W|type:mountain_scale:30000
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OSi "Discovery" 50
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Tibradden Mountain (irish place name|Sliabh Thigh Bródáin|Moutain of the House of Bródán) is a mountain in the Dublin Mountains in County, Ireland on the southern edge of the city southeast of Rockbrook.

Its southwestern slope is covered in the "Pine Forest" and the R116 runs through the valley between it and Glendoo Mountain to the south.

The mountain is (467 m) (1,532) feet high.

There is a megalithic national heritage site on top of the mountain with the same name. There is also a mock prehistoric passage grave, built in the 19th century, with a long narrow entrance to a circular chamber.

ee also

*Larch Hill

References

*http://student.dcu.ie/~brennd22/index.html
*cite book |last=Harbison |first=Peter |title=Guide to the National Monuments of Ireland |year=1970 |publisher=Gill and Macmillan |location=Dublin |isbn=7171-0275-0 |pages=p. 81


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