Slievemaan Explained

Slievemaan
Other Name:	Sliabh Meáin
Elevation M:	759
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Prominence M:	54
Listing:	Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Location:	Wicklow, Ireland
Range:	Wicklow Mountains
Coordinates:	52.9588°N -6.4866°W
Map:	island of Ireland
Map Relief:	yes
Grid Ref Ireland:	T017918
Topo:	OSi Discovery 56
Type:	Dark slate-schist, quartzite & coticule

Slievemaan ^[2] at 759m (2,490feet), is the 54th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,^[3] and the 70th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.^{[4] [5]} Slievemaan is situated in the southwen sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, and is part of the large massif of Lugnaquilla 925m (3,035feet), Wicklow's highest mountain. Slievemaan lies at the southern end of the Glen of Imaal.^{[6] [7]}

To the west of Slievemaan is the subsidiary peak of Ballineddan Mountain 652m (2,139feet), whose prominence of 27m (89feet) qualifies it as a Vandeleur-Lynam.^[5]

Slievemann is sometimes confused with the other Wicklow mountain of Slieve Maan which is lower at 548m (1,798feet).^[2]

Bibliography

• 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
• List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland

External links

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Slievemaan
• 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: Slievemaan. MountainViews Online Database. 8 February 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.