Maulin

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

{{For|the novelist|Olivier Maulin}}

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

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Maulin

| native_name = {{native name|ga|Málainn}}

| photo = Maulin (from Tonduff).jpg

| photo_caption = Maulin summit viewed from Tonduff

| elevation_m = 570

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/327/|title=Maulin|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|accessdate=11 July 2019}}

| prominence_m = 70

| prominence_ref =

| listing = Arderin

| translation = 'High/sloping ground'

| location = County Wicklow, Ireland

| range = Wicklow Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|53|09|22|N|6|13|50|W|type:mountain_scale:30000|display=inline,title}}

| map = island of Ireland

| map_relief = yes

| map_caption =Location in Ireland

| grid_ref_Ireland = O184131

| topo = OSi Discovery 56

| easiest_route = from Crone Woods

| pronunciation = {{IPA|ga|ˈmˠaːlˠən̠ʲ|lang}}

| type = Dark blue-grey slate, phyllite & schist

}}

File:Maulin.jpg

Maulin ({{irish place name|Málainn|High/sloping ground}}),{{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|570|m|ft}}, is the 272nd–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}} however, being below 600 m it does not rank on the Vandeleur-Lynam or Hewitt scales.{{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}} Maulin is in the far northeastern section of the Wicklow Mountains, at the mouth of Glensoulan Valley; Powerscourt Waterfall lies at its base.{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/arderinall/|title=Arderins + Arderin Begs: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 15+m|publisher=MountainViews|author=Simon Stewart|date=2018|quote=Listing selection: All summits (531) in list Arderins + Arderin Begs}}

Maulin is accessed from the trails through Crone Woods, a Sitka spruce plantation on its northern slopes; Maulin is also accessible just off the main Wicklow Way.{{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892019 | year = 2014 | quote=Route 11: The Maulin Circuit}} Maulin is often climbed as part of a "loop route" called the Circuit of Glensoulan which starts at Crone Woods car-park, and complete a 16-kilometre loop of Maulin, Tonduff {{convert|642|m|ft}}, War Hill {{convert|686|m|ft}}, and Djouce {{convert|725|m|ft}}, and then returning to Crone Woods car-park.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/a-walk-for-the-weekend-circuit-of-glensoulan-co-wicklow-1.2425332|title=A walk for the weekend: Circuit of Glensoulan, Co Wicklow|author=Michael Guilfoyle|date=11 November 2015|accessdate=10 July 2019|newspaper=Irish Times}}

The Knockree An Óige youth hostel is located at the base of Maulin in Lackandarragh near the village of Enniskerry.{{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 2: Tonduff and Kippure}}