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Midlands SW
Area NW: Silvermine Mountains Subarea
Place count in area: 44,
OSI/LPS Maps: 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66
Highest place:
Keeper Hill, 694m
Maximum height for area: 694 metres,
Maximum prominence for area: 627 metres,
Places in area Midlands SW:
Cen: Mauherslieve:Cummer 405mFoilduff 400mKnockmaroe 411mMauherslieve 543m
E: Upperchurch Hills:Knockalough 427mKnockaviltoge 364m
N: Knockshigowna:Knockshigowna 212m
NE: Devilsbit:Benduff 455mBlack Hill 228mDevilsbit Mountain 480mGortagarry 458mKilduff Mountain 445mKnockanora 433m
NE: Templederry:Ballincurra Hill 403mCommaun Beg 403mCooneen Hill 467mCoumsallahaun 320mKnockadigeen Hill 402m
NW: Arra Mountains:Corbally Hill 339mTountinna 457m
NW: Silvermine Mountains:Silvermine Mountains East Top 479mSilvermine Mountains Far East Top 410mSilvermine Mountains West Top 489m
SE: Hollyford Hills:Falleennafinoga 388mFoildarg 440mGlenaneagh 263mGortnageragh 418mKnockastanna 444mKnockbane 433mLackenacreena 413mRing Hill 426mTooreen 457m
SW: Slieve Felim:Cullaun 460mDerk Hill 236mKnockroe 204mKnockseefin 235mSlieve Felim 427mSlieve Felim East Top 423mSlieve Felim South Top 407m
W: Keeper Hill:Bleanbeg 368mBoolatin Top 440mKeeper Hill 694mKnockane 411mKnockfune 452m
Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Highest place:
Keeper Hill, 694mPlaces in area Midlands SW:
Cen: Mauherslieve:
Cummer 405mFoilduff 400mKnockmaroe 411mMauherslieve 543mE: Upperchurch Hills:
Knockalough 427mKnockaviltoge 364mN: Knockshigowna:
Knockshigowna 212mNE: Devilsbit:
Benduff 455mBlack Hill 228mDevilsbit Mountain 480mGortagarry 458mKilduff Mountain 445mKnockanora 433mNE: Templederry:
Ballincurra Hill 403mCommaun Beg 403mCooneen Hill 467mCoumsallahaun 320mKnockadigeen Hill 402mNW: Arra Mountains:
Corbally Hill 339mTountinna 457mNW: Silvermine Mountains:
Silvermine Mountains East Top 479mSilvermine Mountains Far East Top 410mSilvermine Mountains West Top 489mSE: Hollyford Hills:
Falleennafinoga 388mFoildarg 440mGlenaneagh 263mGortnageragh 418mKnockastanna 444mKnockbane 433mLackenacreena 413mRing Hill 426mTooreen 457mSW: Slieve Felim:
Cullaun 460mDerk Hill 236mKnockroe 204mKnockseefin 235mSlieve Felim 427mSlieve Felim East Top 423mSlieve Felim South Top 407mW: Keeper Hill:
Bleanbeg 368mBoolatin Top 440mKeeper Hill 694mKnockane 411mKnockfune 452mNote: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Bedrock type: Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone, (Old Red Sandstone (undifferentiated))
A mountain in this vicinity named Mullaghnedryny is mentioned in the Civil Survey of 1654-56 as part of the boundary of the barony of Owney and Arra. It may be this peak or a lower shoulder to the west. The name seems to represent Ir. Mullach na Droighní, 'summit of the blackthorn'. Silvermines is the name of a village (Ir. Béal Átha Gabhann) and parish at the northern foot of these hills. In the 17th century the main road from Dublin to Limerick passed through here, rather than through Nenagh, which was a smaller settlement. There are several old mine buildings and spoil heaps on the northern slopes, reminders of the mining activity which gave these hills their name. Mines yielding silver and lead are first referred to in 1289, see 'The Silver Mines of Ormond' by Dermot F. Gleeson in JRSAI vol. lxvii, 1937, 101-16. Gleeson reports "...that the mines were first opened and worked by members of a colony of Florentine and Genoese merchants to whom many references will be found in the State Papers of the period." Zinc and sulphur were also mined in the area. Gleeson also records the ancient name of the hill behind the mines as Knockaunderrig, now Knockanroe. Silvermine Mountains West Top is the third highest hill in the Midlands SW area and the 601st highest in Ireland.
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