Ben of Howth
The Ben of Howth is a hilly area on Howth Head, adjacent to the 171 metre high Black Linn, the peninsula's highest point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: JP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 171 metres
- Description: mountain in Ireland
- Also known as: “Binn Eadair”, “Hill of Howth”, and “Shelmartin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howth Castle and Shielmartin Hill.
Howth Castle
Castle
Photo: O’Dea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Howth Castle is a historic dwelling, originally of Norman origin, that lies by the village of Howth, County Dublin, Ireland; it is sited within a substantial estate.
Shielmartin Hill
Peak
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Shielmartin Hill or Shelmartin is a peak on Howth Head in County Dublin, Ireland. From it can be seen Portmarnock, Sutton, Bull Island and the coastal areas behind it, and most of Dublin Bay. References to it being called Shielmartin go back to at least 1654.
Howth
Railway station
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Howth station, is a railway station in Fingal, Ireland that serves Howth village and one side of Howth Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Howth and Sutton.
Howth
Photo: Lkcl it, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howth is a small seaside town historically in County Dublin, 14 km northeast of Dublin city centre. It's on a "tombola" peninsula - once an island, it became connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus, which is now the residential area of Sutton.
Sutton
Village
Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sutton is a residential suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It occupies the tombolo which links Howth Head to the mainland, some of the lower slopes of Howth Hill, and a little of the adjacent coasts.
Baldoyle
Suburb
Photo: Colm O hAonghusa, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baldoyle is a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland, it was developed from a former fishing village. Baldoyle is also a civil parish in the barony of Coolock within the traditional County Dublin.
Ben of Howth
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Fingal, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.37339° or 53° 22′ 24″ northLongitude
-6.0694° or 6° 4′ 10″ westElevation
171 metres (561 feet)Open location code
9C5M9WFJ+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 6829492581OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ben of Howth” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ben of Howth”
- Dutch: “Ben of Howth”
- Irish: “Binn Éadair”
- Ladin: “Ben of Howth”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ben of Howth”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ben of Howth”
- Norwegian: “Ben of Howth”
- Polish: “Ben of Howth”
- Swedish: “Ben of Howth”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ben of Howth”. Photo: JP, CC BY-SA 2.0.