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North East Midlands Area   Cen: Oldcastle Subarea
Place count in area: 24, OSI/LPS Maps: 26, 27, 27A, 28, 28A, 28B, 34, 35, 36, 41 
Highest place:
Cornasaus, 339m
Maximum height for area: 339 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 224 metres,

Places in area North East Midlands:
Cen: Ballyjamesduff:   Aghalion Hill 249m
Cen: Oldcastle:   Mullaghmeen 258mSlieve Na Calliagh 276mSpire of Lloyd 131mThe Hill of Mael 241m
E: Kingscourt:   Carrickleck Hill 173m
N Cen: Cavan Town:   Shantemon 218mSlieve Glah 320mTievenanass 261m
NE: Ballybay:   Bunnanimma 268m
NE: Carrickmacross:   Corduff 243m
NE: Castleblaney:   Mullyash Mountain 317m
NE: Cen Bailieborough:   Cornasaus 339mTaghart South 290m
NW Cen: Arva:   Bruse Hill 260m
NW: Aughavas:   Lugganammer 190m
S Cen: Crookedwood:   Cruckboeltane 199mKnockeyon 214m
S: Westmeath South West:   Knockastia 200m
SE: Boyne Valley:   Hill of Slane 160.4mMount Oriel 251mTara 155m
W: Ardagh:   Bawn Mountain 200m
W: Drumlish:   Corn Hill 278m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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The Hill of Mael Hill The Hill of Moat A name in English Westmeath County in Leinster Province, in Binnion List, Undifferentiated limestone Bedrock

Height: 241m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 41 Grid Reference: N45452 76396
Place visited by 19 members. Recently by: MickM45, finkey86, thomas_g, TommyMc, DeltaP, Philewis, bryanmccabe, jackill, conormcbandon, Trailtrekker, Colinandnessie, chalky, k_mcdermott, eamonoc, paddyhillsbagger
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Longitude: -7.312027, Latitude: 53.735383 , Easting: 245452, Northing: 276396 Prominence: 133m,  Isolation: 3.3km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 645391 776412,   GPS IDs, 6 char: ThHlfM, 10 char: ThHlfMl
Bedrock type: Undifferentiated limestone, (Visean Limestones (undifferentiated))

The Hill of Mael is the 1300th highest place in Ireland. The Hill of Mael is the second highest point in county Westmeath.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1226/
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Unusually named hills with great views. .. by Fergalh   (Show all for The Hill of Mael (The Hill of Moat))
 
Perhaps best approached from the north west .. by melohara   (Show all for The Hill of Mael (The Hill of Moat))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain The Hill of Mael (The Hill of Moat) in area North East Midlands, Ireland
Picture: Hill of Mael trig pillar, view north to Lough Sheelin
 
Westmeath's unappreciated diversity
by bryanmccabe  28 Mar 2016
I quote from a report (1972) by Roger Goodwillie of An Foras Forbartha (the link to the PDF is provided at the end of this comment): "Westmeath is one of the more diverse counties in the midlands. A look at the geological map might lead one to suppose that the monotonous sheets of Carboniferous limestone are reflected by a similar monotony in the flora and fauna, but in fact the combination of shallow lakes (e.g. Coosan Lough), glacial eskers (Long Hill), bogs (near the Meath border), exposed rock (Rock of Curry), seasonally flooded land (River Shannon below Athlone), fens (L. Iron) and natural woodland (Lough Ree shores) makes the county of exceptional scientific interest".

The document reports on a number of areas of scientific interest in the county, and covers the Hill of Mael and the Rock of Curry on page 62.

From the summit, the views are extensive: Dublin/Wicklow mountains, Slieve Bloom mountains, Slieve an Iarainn and Cuilcagh, as well as the Cooleys. It is a better vantage point than it's afforested higher neighbour and county-top Mullaghmeen.

Finally, MV might consider renaming this peak - it is known as The Hill of Mael locally (I am from the area) and I've never heard it referred to as the Hill of Moat.

http://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/Goodwillie_1972_ASI_Westmeath-1.pdf Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1226/comment/18474/
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