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South East Midlands Area   SE: Brandon Hill Subarea
Place count in area: 31, OSI/LPS Maps: 28A, 28B, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60 
Highest place:
Slievenamon, 720.2m
Maximum height for area: 720.2 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 711 metres,

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Brandon Hill Mountain Cnoc Bhréanail A name in Irish, also Cnoc Bhréannann an extra EastWest name in Irish (Ir. Cnoc Bhréanail [OSI], 'hill of Bréanal') County Highpoint of Kilkenny in Leinster Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin Lists, Rhyolitic volcanics, grey & brown slates Bedrock

Height: 515m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 68 Grid Reference: S69702 40268
Place visited by 423 members. Recently by: thmswhelan, Moirabourke, Padraigin, Nailer1967, pinchy, Enda66, Marykerry, Gingerhiker, Gerry-Alex, Mario77, Alanjm, Timmy.Mullen, noelcurt, NualaB, helenw7
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Longitude: -6.974129, Latitude: 52.509839 , Easting: 269702, Northing: 140268 Prominence: 450m,  Isolation: 5.6km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 669638 640323,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BrndHl, 10 char: BrndnHil
Bedrock type: Rhyolitic volcanics, grey & brown slates, (Campile Formation)

This is the highest point in Co. Kilkenny. Brandonhill is also the name of a townland split between the parishes of Graiguenamanagh and The Rower and between the baronies of Gowran and Ida. There is also a townland named Brandondale in the parish of Graiguenamanagh.   Brandon Hill is the 521st highest place in Ireland. Brandon Hill is the highest point in county Kilkenny.

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Brandon Hill is surely a giant of a mountain with .. by oldsoldier   (Show all for Brandon Hill (Cnoc Bhréanail))
 
Brandon Hill at 515 metres high is an impressive .. by mneary34   (Show all for Brandon Hill (Cnoc Bhréanail))
 
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Brandon Hill (<i>Cnoc Bhréanail</i>) in area South East Midlands, Ireland
Picture: Brandon hill from St Mullins
 
The Barrow way
by Kennyj  28 Mar 2017
Brandon hill viewed from St Mullins before starting the barrow way walk to graignemanagh,highly recommended,super views and peaceful surroundings. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/423/comment/18866/
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My summit Day .. by ShaunDunne   (Show all for Brandon Hill (Cnoc Bhréanail))
 
ideal for a family outing especially with the ol .. by jbuckley   (Show all for Brandon Hill (Cnoc Bhréanail))
 
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