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Camaderry

{{short description|Mountain in Wicklow, Ireland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Use Irish English|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Camaderry

| native_name = {{Native name|ga|Sliabh Céim an Doire|paren=omit}}

| translation = step/pass of the oak-wood

| language = Irish

| photo = Glendalough Upper Lake, Wicklow Ireland.jpg

| photo_caption = Camaderry (right) at Glendalough Upper Lake

| elevation_m = 699

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/114/|title=Camaderry|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|access-date=8 February 2019}}

| prominence_m = 71

| prominence_ref =

| listing = Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam

| location = County Wicklow, Ireland

| range = Wicklow Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|53|01|28|N|6|22|38|W|source:nnwiki_region:IE_type:mountain|display=title, inline}}

| coordinates_ref=

| map = island of Ireland

| map_relief = yes

| map_caption =Location in Ireland

| topo = OSi Discovery 56

| type = Adamellite with microcline phenocrysts

| grid_ref_Ireland = T081980 | grid_ref_Ireland_ref=

| easiest_route =

}}

Camaderry ({{irish place name|Sliabh Céim an Doire|step/pass of the oak-wood}}){{cite web|url= http://www.mountaineering.ie/_files/Paul%20Tempan%20Irish%20Mountain%20Placenames%20-%20Feb%202012.pdf|title=Irish Hill and Mountain Names|publisher=MountainViews.ie|author=Paul Tempan|date=February 2012}} at {{convert|699|m|ft}}, is the 90th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/arderin/|title=Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|author=Simon Stewart|date=October 2018}} and the 112th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/vandeleur-lynam/?PHPSESSID=6lpes93lcdlq890dprmqqu4dn6|title=Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|author=Simon Stewart|date=October 2018}}Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, {{ISBN|978-1-84889-164-7}} 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 {{convert|681|m|ft}}, and the mountains of Conavalla {{convert|734|m|ft}}, and Lugduff {{convert|652|m|ft}}.{{cite book | last1 = Dillion | first1 = Paddy | title = The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits | publisher = Cicerone | isbn = 978-1852841102 | year = 1993 | quote=Walk 7: Turlough Hill, Camaderry}} Camaderry has a subsidiary summit, Camaderry South East Top {{convert|677|m|ft}}, and both lie across the deep Wicklow Gap from Tonelagee {{convert|817|m|ft}}, which sits on the "central spine" of the Wicklow range.

Lough Nahanagan

Between the north face of Camaderry and the east face of Turlough Hill lies Lough Nahanagan ({{Irish place name|Loch na hOnchon|Lake of the Water Monster}}), a deep corrie lake carved by a glacier at the end of the last ice age.{{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892019 | year = 2014|quote=Route 22: Camaderry Circuit}} The lake is associated with several Irish folk-stories.{{cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/Wonders/Lough-Nahanagan.php | title=The Stone of Lough Nahanagan | author=Patrick Weston Joyce | publisher=National Library of Ireland|accessdate=17 July 2019}} The cliffs of the corrie around Lough Nahanagan are used by rock-climbers with single-pitch graded routes of up to VS 4c.{{cite web|url=http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php/Lough_Nahanagan|publisher = Irish Online Climbing Database|title=Lough Nahanagan|accessdate=17 July 2019}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://oldsitehc.info/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/County_Heritage_Services/Wicklow/Mining_Heritage_of_Co_Wicklow.pdf|title=Mining Heritage of Wicklow|publisher=Heritage Office, Wicklow County Council|author=Deirdre Burns|accessdate=9 March 2019|pages=23–35|quote=The Glendasan and Glendalough Mines}} 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. After several revivals, mining ceased in Camaderry in 1957; however, remains of the Miner's Village at Glendalough can still be seen.{{cite web|url=http://www.countywicklowheritage.org/page/the_glendalough_mines|title=EXPLORING THE MINING HERITAGE OF COUNTY WICKLOW: Glendalough Mines|date=March 2015|accessdate=9 March 2019|author=David Kinsella}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892019 | year = 2014}}
  • {{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892118 | year = 2014}}
  • {{cite book| author=MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart)|year=2013 | title=A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins |publisher=Collins Books | isbn=978-1-84889-164-7}}
  • {{cite book | last1 = Dillion | first1 = Paddy | title = The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits | publisher = Cicerone | isbn = 978-1852841102 | year = 1993 }}

Gallery

File:Cairne On Summit Camaderry.jpg|Summit cairn

File:Camaderry Mountain, Wicklow.jpg|South face from Luggala

File:Glendalough Upper Lake Wicklow.jpg|Camaderry (right)

File:Miner's Village from Camaderry.jpg|Miner's Village

File:Slopes of Camaderry, Wicklow.jpg|Slopes of SE Top

{{wide image|File:Glenealo Valley Glendalough Ireland.jpg|800px|View from Glenealo Valley to Camaderry (left) and into Glendalough with The Spinc outcrop (middle right) and White Trail boardwalk.}}

See also

{{commons category|Camaderry}}

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References

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External links

  • [https://mountainviews.ie/summit/114/ MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website], Camaderry
  • [https://mountainviews.ie/mv/irl150setup.htm MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database]
  • [http://www.hills-database.co.uk/downloads.html The Database of British and Irish Hills ], the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
  • [http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/ Hill Bagging UK & Ireland], the searchable interface for the DoBIH

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