Conavalla
Sign in to saveConavalla () at , is the 69th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 85th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. The summit of Conavalla sits just off the main "central spine" of the Wicklow Mountains, as it runs from Kippure in the north, to Lugnaquillia in the south. Conavalla's large massif to the north-east is described as a "wet and boggy barren plain" whose various shoulders dominate the head of the Glendalough valley, and the upper east-side of the Glenmalure valley.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Clonavalla
- Mountain.translation
- head of the road or pass
- Mountain.language
- Irish
- Mountain.photo
- Wicklow Mountains National Park Glendalough Valley Upper Lake 07.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Massif of Conavalla (centre) as seen from the shores of the Glendalough Upper Lake
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 734
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 109
- Mountain.listing
- 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
- Mountain.location
- County Wicklow, Ireland
- Mountain.range
- Wicklow Mountains
- Mountain.map
- island of Ireland
- Mountain.map_relief
- yes
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Mountain.topo
- OSi Discovery 56
- Mountain.type
- Dark slate-schist, quartzite & coticule
- Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
- T023959
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- Elevation
- 734
- Image
- Conavalla.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 109
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Conavalla () at , is the 69th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 85th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. The summit of Conavalla sits just off the main "central spine" of the Wicklow Mountains, as it runs from Kippure in the north, to Lugnaquillia in the south. Conavalla's large massif to the north-east is described as a "wet and boggy barren plain" whose various shoulders dominate the head of the Glendalough valley, and the upper east-side of the Glenmalure valley.
==Naming== Irish academic Paul Tempan notes that the "pass" element of Conavalla's name likely refers to the various routes from the Blessington lakes area (e.g. the R756 road to the Wicklow Gap) in the west that crossed parts of Conavalla's boggy massif to get into the Glenmalure valley in the east (note that the Wicklow Gap can be used to access the neighboring Glendalough valley without having to cross Conavalla's massif). (see below).
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