War Hill 686m mountain, Dublin/Wicklow Wicklow Mountains Ireland at MountainViews.ie

War Hill Mountain Cnoc an Bhairr A name in Irish
(Ir. Cnoc an Bhairr [PNCW*], 'hill of the summit') Wicklow County, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Granite with microcline phenocrysts Bedrock

Height: 686m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: O16895 11338
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Longitude: -6.253961, Latitude: 53.140026 , Easting: 316895, Northing: 211338 Prominence: 71m, Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 716818 711369, GPS IDs, 6 char: WrHl, 10 char: War Hill
Bedrock type: Granite with microcline phenocrysts, (Type 2p microcline porphyritic)

Price's suggested Irish derivation for War Hill, whilst possible, seems rather tautological and is not backed up by any Irish attestations. Barr is itself a common term denoting a hill and is usually the first element in names, e.g. Barr Trí gCom (Baurtregaum), Barr na Coilleadh (Barnakillew), etc. Also hill of the top seems a strange way to describe War Hill, since it's really only a lower outlier of Djouce. An alternative is that the name was created in English, and this is supported by a reference to a battle on War Hill in a letter written on 15th December 1838 by Eugene O'Curry. “In the Townland of Lackandarragh in the Powerscourt Parish they shew a place called the Churchyard, but it does not retain the least vestige of either a church or churchyard. Some say that it was the place of sepulture of persons killed in a battle fought between the English troops and the O’Tooles some three hundred years ago. This battle was fought on War Hill, immediately overhanging this Churchyard, on the opposite side of the river.” Of course, one would expect these events to give rise to Battle Hill, rather than War Hill, so this suggestion must also be considered tentative. War Hill is the 134th highest place in Ireland.
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on a crisp January morning. .. by Irishsas (Show all for War Hill)

Approach from north-east pretty painstaking .. by Bunsen7 (Show all for War Hill)

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain War Hill in area Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland

Picture: The Great Sugar Loaf and a Welsh smudge on the horizon.

Clear day on a neglected summit.

by simon3 8 Jun 2019

Most of the times I have been on War Hill, it has been raining and I have just climbed up the heathery and exhausting slope from the Knocknacloghoge River. So it was a pleasure to be on the top on a dry and exceptionally clear day.

There was a reasonable view of the surrounding hills and countryside, but also the Mournes and parts of Wales. (The small part of the Welsh coast visible, probably around Holyhead is a very slight blip to the right of the Sugar Loaf.) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/129/comment/20542/

Not much to say about War Hill, but it makes a us .. by csd (Show all for War Hill)

From Luggala did Kubla Khan two stately pleasure .. by CaptainVertigo (Show all for War Hill)

Almost umbilical...A Navan Hill Walker tanks up o .. by CaptainVertigo (Show all for War Hill)

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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