Lugduff Explained

Lugduff
Other Name:Log Dubh
Translation:black hollow
Language:Irish
Elevation M:652
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:97
Listing:Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Location:Wicklow, Ireland
Range:Wicklow Mountains
Coordinates:52.9987°N -6.4037°W
Map:island of Ireland
Map Relief:yes
Topo:OSi Discovery 56
Type:Dark blue-grey slate, phyllite & schist
Grid Ref Ireland:T0722095361

Lugduff [2] at 652m (2,139feet), is the 154th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[3] and the 186th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[4] [5] Lugduff is situated in the southern sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, and forms a broad horseshoe around the Upper Lake of the Glendalough valley with the mountains of Mullacor 661m (2,169feet), Conavalla 734m (2,408feet), the hydroelectric station at Turlough Hill 681m (2,234feet), and Camaderry 699m (2,293feet).[5]

Lugduff's steep western slopes, have a distinctive "corrugated" profile, and form the deep valley sidewall of the eastern flank of Glenmalure; Lugduff's western walls also sit at the T-junction of the Fraughan Rock Glen hanging valley with the Glenmalure valley.

Just below Lugduff's summit, lies the popular 8-kilometre boarded mountain path of The Spinc White Trail around the Upper Lake of Glendalough.[6] To the south of Lugduff is the subsidiary summit of Lugduff SE Top 637m (2,090feet).[5]

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  1. Web site: Lugduff. 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 8: Mullacor, Lugduff, Conavalla.