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Place count in area: 129, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 49, 50, 55, 56, 61, 62, AWW 
Highest place: Lugnaquilla, 925m
Maximum height for area: 925 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres,

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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: -6.253946, Latitude: 53.140034 , Easting: 316895, Northing: 211338 Prominence: 71m,  Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 716819 711370,   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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Picture: Small 'cairn' on War Hill		  
Colin Murphy on War Hill, 2008
by Colin Murphy  2 Jul 2008
Not much to add to previous comments. If you fancy a slow slog through heather & mud to a rounded mound of a summit, then War Hill is the one for you. It does however make for a relatively easy second top to bag if you've been up Djouce, about 25 mins walk from one summit to the other. The car park overlooking Lough Tay is a good starting point for this. Anyone know how War Hill got its dramatic name? Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/129/comment/3201/
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