Mullacor Explained

Mullacor
Other Name:	Mullaigh Mhór
Translation:	big hilltop
Language:	Irish
Elevation M:	661
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Prominence M:	102
Listing:	100 Highest Irish Mountains, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Location:	Wicklow, Ireland
Range:	Wicklow Mountains
Map:	island of Ireland
Map Relief:	yes
Coordinates:	52.985°N -6.3739°W
Topo:	OSi Discovery 56
Type:	Dark blue-grey slate, phyllite & schist
Grid Ref Ireland:	T0927493925

Mullacor ^[2] at 661m (2,169feet), is an Irish mountain.

Features

Mullacor is the 141st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,^[3] and the 172nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.^{[4] [5]} It's 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 Lugduff 652m (2,139feet), Conavalla 734m (2,408feet), the hydroelectric station at Turlough Hill 681m (2,234feet), and Camaderry 699m (2,293feet).^[5] Mullacor's western flank forms the step sides of the neighbouring Glenmalure valley.^[6] To the east of Mullacor is Cullentragh Mountain 510m (1,670feet).^{[5] [7]}

Mullacor's prominence of 102m (335feet) does not qualify it as a Marilyn, but it does rank it as the 90th-highest mountain in Ireland on the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, where the minimum prominence threshold is 100 metres.^{[8] [5]}

Bibliography

• Book: Fairbairn . Helen . Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide . Collins Press . 978-1848892019 . 2014.
• Book: Fairbairn . Helen . Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide . Collins Press . 978-1848892118 . 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 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, Mullacor
• 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: Mullacor. 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.
7. • Book: Fairbairn . Helen . Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide . Collins Press . 978-1848892019 . 2014. Route 24: Mullacor Circuit.
8. Web site: Irish Highest 100: The highest 100 Irish mountains with a prominence of +100m. MountainViews Online Database. September 2018.