Cloghernagh Explained

Cloghernagh
Other Name:	Clocharnach
Language:	Irish
Translation:	stoney place
Elevation M:	800
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Prominence M:	15
Listing:	Vandeleur-Lynam
Location:	Wicklow, Ireland
Range:	Wicklow Mountains
Coordinates:	52.9667°N -32°W
Map:	island of Ireland
Map Relief:	yes
Grid Ref Ireland:	T058918
Topo:	OSi Discovery 56
Type:	Fine-grained, muscovite-rich aplogranite bedrock

Cloghernagh ^[2] at 800m (2,600feet), does not have the prominence to qualify as an Arderin,^[3] but does have the prominence to be the 40th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.^{[4] [5]} Cloghernagh is situated in the southern sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, and is part of the large massif of Lugnaquilla 925m (3,035feet), Wicklow's highest mountain.

Cloghernagh's northern side forms the steep southern walls and cliffs of the scenic U-shaped hanging valley of Fraughan Rock Glen, which then falls into the Glenmalure valley below; the scenic high corrie lake of Arts Lough 511m (1,677feet), lies high on its north eastern flank.^[6] Cloghernagh forms a "horseshoe" around the Fraughan Rock Glen with Lugnaquillia and Benleagh 689m (2,260feet), and another "horseshoe shape" around the glen of the Carrawaystick River with Corrigasleggaun 794m (2,605feet), and the corrie lake of Kelly's Lough.^{[7] [8]}

Bibliography

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

See also

• Wicklow Way
• Wicklow Round
• Wicklow Mountains
• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• List of mountains of the British Isles by height

External links

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Cloghernagh
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cloghernagh. MountainViews Online Database. 27 July 2019.
2. Web site: Irish Hill and Mountain Names. MountainViews.ie. Paul Tempan. February 2012.
3. Web site: Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m. MountainViews Online Database. Simon Stewart. October 2018.
4. Web site: Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m. MountainViews Online Database. Simon Stewart. October 2018.
5. Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork,
6. Book: Dillion . Paddy . The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits . Cicerone . 978-1852841102 . 1993 . Walk 10: Ballineddan Mountain, Slievemaan, Lugnaquillia, Camenabologue East Top, Camenabologue.
7. Book: Fairbairn . Helen . Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide . Collins Press . 978-1848892019 . 2014.
8. Book: Fairbairn . Helen . Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide . Collins Press . 978-1848892118 . 2014 . Route 65: Lugnaquilla.