Carhoo Hill
{{Short description|Hill in County Kerry, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Carhoo Hill
| other_name = Cnoc na Ceathrún
| photo = Carhoo hill from dingle harbour.png
| photo_caption = Carhoo Hill from Dingle Harbour
| elevation_m = 184
| elevation_ref = {{cite web |url= http://mountainviews.ie/summit/1042/ |title= Dingle West Area / Carhoo Hill |author= |date= |website= MountainViews |publisher= Ordnance Survey Ireland |accessdate=5 March 2015}}
| prominence_m = 169
| listing = Marilyn
| translation = Hill of the quarter
| language = Irish
| location = County Kerry, Ireland
| range =
| map = island of Ireland
| range_coordinates =
| label_position = right
| map_size = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|52|08|23.7|N|10|16|17.5|W|type:mountain_region:IE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref=
| grid_ref_Ireland = V437983
| topo =
| easiest_route = hike
| first_ascent = ancestral
}}
Carhoo Hill or Ballymacadoyle Hill ({{lga|Cnoc na Ceathrún|Hill of the quarter}}){{cite web |url= http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?rf=20562 |title= Carhoo Hill [Ballymacadoyle Hill] [Cnoc na Ceathrun] |author= |date= |website= www.hill-bagging.co.uk |publisher= Dublin City University |accessdate=5 March 2015}} is a large hill south-west of Dingle in County Kerry, Ireland.
Geography
The {{convert|184|m|ft|0|adj=on}} high hill stands 4 km west of Dingle in an isolated position in the short peninsula dividing Dingle Harbour from the Atlantic Ocean.{{fact|date=June 2021}}
The top of the hill hosts the Eask Tower, a solid stone tower built in 1847.{{cite web |url= http://www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/eask-tower-and-hill/49002 |title= Eask Tower And Hill |author= |date= |website= www.discoverireland.ie |publisher= Failte Ireland |accessdate= 5 March 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141010074252/http://www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/eask-tower-and-hill/49002 |archive-date= 10 October 2014 |url-status= dead }} It offers a view on a long stretch of Dingle Peninsula and Iveragh Peninsula.{{Cite book
|title = Frommer's Ireland 2011
|first1 = Christi | last1 = Daugherty | first2 = Jack | last2 = Jewers
|publisher = John Wiley & Sons
|year = 2011}}
Name
The English meaning of Cnoc na Ceathrún is hill of the quarter.{{cite book |url= http://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/pageturner.cfm?id=79871398&mode=transcription |title= Vocabulary of Irish Root Words | first = Patrick Weston | last = Joyce |year= 1870 |accessdate=5 March 2015}}
Access to the summit
See also
{{Portal|Ireland}}
References
{{commons category|Cnoc na Ceathrun}}
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{{Mountains and hills of Munster}}