Brandon Hill
Brandon Hill is the highest mountain in County Kilkenny, Ireland, with an elevation of 515 m and prominence at 448 m. The South Leinster Way, a long-distance trail, meandering through the Barrow Valley and traverses Brandon Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 515 metres
- Description: mountain in Ireland
- Also known as: “Brandon Mountain” and “Cnoc Bhreanail”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duiske Abbey and Tinnahinch Castle.
Duiske Abbey
Church
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Duiske Abbey National Monument, also known as Graiguenamanagh Abbey, is a 13th-century Cistercian monastery situated in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny in Ireland.
Tinnahinch Castle
Ruins
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tinnahinch Castle is a ruined tower house located near River Barrow in Tinnahinch, County Carlow, Ireland. It has a rectangular structure with a stair tower at the southwest angle, a machicolation between the angles of the two towers protecting the doorway, and a bartizan on the north east angle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graignamanagh and The Rower.
Graignamanagh
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Graignamanagh is a village on the River Barrow, which forms the eastern boundary of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland. Gráig na Manach means "village of the monks" and refers to Duiske Abbey which is the place's main attraction.
The Rower
Locality
Rower or The Rower is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The Rower is on the R705 regional road, roughly 30 km from both Waterford and Kilkenny.
Brandon Hill
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.50983° or 52° 30′ 35″ northLongitude
-6.97413° or 6° 58′ 27″ westElevation
515 metres (1,690 feet)Open location code
9C4MG25G+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 332372960OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Brandon Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brandon Hill (bukid sa Ireland)”
- Cebuano: “Brandon Hill”
- Dutch: “Brandon Hill”
- Irish: “Cnoc Bhréanail”
- Ladin: “Brandon Hill”
- Spanish: “Brandon Hill”
- Swedish: “Brandon Hill (berg i Irland)”
- Swedish: “Brandon Hill”
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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 “Brandon Hill”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.