Featherbed Forest

Featherbed Forest is a forest in South Dublin, Leinster. Featherbed Forest is situated nearby to the locality Head of the Brakes, as well as near Cotter’s Pits.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montpelier Hill and Tibradden Mountain.

Montpelier Hill

Peak

Photo: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montpelier Hill or Mountpelier, also known as Slieve Gorra, is a hill in County Dublin, Ireland, with a height of 383 metres. It is at the northern edge of the Wicklow Mountains and overlooks Dublin city.

Tibradden Mountain

Peak

Photo: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tibradden Mountain is a mountain in County Dublin, Ireland. Other former names for the mountain include "Garrycastle" and "Kilmainham Begg". It is 467 metres high and is the 561st-highest mountain in Ireland.

Mount Venus

Archaeological site

Mount Venus is a megalithic site on the Mount Venus Road in Edmondstown, County Dublin, Ireland. It is a national heritage site. It has been described by Borlase as one of the most magnificent in the world.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tallaght and Firhouse.

Tallaght

Town

Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tallaght is a southwestern outer suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland, and is the county town of South Dublin. Tallaght was the site of a monastic settlement from at least the 8th century, which became one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.

Firhouse

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Firhouse is an outer suburb of Dublin, in the south of County Dublin, Ireland. It is in the local government area of South Dublin. It developed from a rural village by the River Dodder, with a second settlement, Upper Fir-house, nearby.

Ballyboden

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ballyboden is a locality within the suburb of Rathfarnham, County Dublin, at the foot of the Dublin Mountains between Whitechurch, Ballyroan and Knocklyon.

Featherbed Forest

Type: Forest
Location: South Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.238° or 53° 14′ 17″ north

Longitude

-6.3288° or 6° 19′ 44″ west

Operator

Coillte

Open location code

9C5M6MQC+5F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61095920

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

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