Camaderry
Sliabh Céim an Doire
Camaderry (right) at Glendalough Upper Lake
Highest point
Elevation699 m (2,293 ft)[1]
Prominence71 m (233 ft)[1]
ListingHewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates53°01′28″N 6°22′38″W / 53.02444°N 6.37722°W / 53.02444; -6.37722
Naming
English translationstep/pass of the oak-wood
Language of nameIrish
Geography
Camaderry is located in island of Ireland
Camaderry
Camaderry
Location in Ireland
LocationWicklow, Republic of Ireland
Parent rangeWicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI gridT081980[1]
Topo mapOSi Discovery 56
Geology
Mountain typeAdamellite with microcline phenocrysts[1]

Camaderry (Irish: Sliabh Céim an Doire, meaning 'step/pass of the oak-wood')[2] at 699 metres (2,293 ft), is the 90th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[3] and the 112th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[4][5] Camaderry is situated in the southern sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, and forms a broad horseshoe around the valley of Glendalough with the hydroelectric station at Turlough Hill 681 metres (2,234 ft), and the mountains of Conavalla 734 metres (2,408 ft), and Lugduff 652 metres (2,139 ft).[5][6] Camaderry has a subsidiary summit, Camaderry South East Top 677 metres (2,221 ft), and both lie across the deep Wicklow Gap from Tonelagee 817 metres (2,680 ft), which sits on the "central spine" of the Wicklow range.[5][6]

Lough Nahanagan

Between the north face of Camaderry and the east face of Turlough Hill lies Lough Nahanagan (Irish: Loch na hOnchon, meaning 'Lake of the Water Monster'), a deep corrie lake carved by a glacier at the end of the last ice age.[7] The lake is associated with several Irish folk-stories.[8] The cliffs of the corrie around Lough Nahanagan are used by rock-climbers with single-pitch graded routes of up to VS 4c.[9]

Mining

Camaderry mountain contains the Luganure mineral vein which is a source of lead in the form of galena (PbS), and also contains traces of silver.[10] In 1859 the Glendasan and Glendalough mines were connected with each other by a series of tunnels called adits, which are now mostly flooded, through the mountain.[10] After several revivals, mining ceased in Camaderry in 1957; however, remains of the Miner's Village at Glendalough can still be seen.[10][11]

Bibliography

  • Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019.
  • Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892118.
  • MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7.
  • Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102.
View from Glenealo Valley to Camaderry (left) and into Glendalough with The Spinc outcrop (middle right) and White Trail boardwalk.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Camaderry". MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
  3. ↑ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m". MountainViews Online Database.
  4. ↑ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
  5. 1 2 3 Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
  6. 1 2 Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102. Walk 7: Turlough Hill, Camaderry
  7. ↑ Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019. Route 22: Camaderry Circuit
  8. ↑ Patrick Weston Joyce. "The Stone of Lough Nahanagan". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Lough Nahanagan". Irish Online Climbing Database. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  10. 1 2 3 Deirdre Burns. "Mining Heritage of Wicklow" (PDF). Heritage Office, Wicklow County Council. pp. 23–35. Retrieved 9 March 2019. The Glendasan and Glendalough Mines
  11. ↑ David Kinsella (March 2015). "EXPLORING THE MINING HERITAGE OF COUNTY WICKLOW: Glendalough Mines". Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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