Brandon Hill
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| Brandon Hill | |
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| Cnoc Bhréanail | |
 Brandon Hill from the northwest |
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| Elevation | 515 m (1,690 ft) |
| Listing | Marilyn |
| Location | |
| Location | Kilkenny,  Ireland |
| Range | Isolated |
| Coordinates | 52°30′35″N 6°58′27″W / 52.509704°N 6.974251°W |
| Topo map | OSi Discovery 68 |
Brandon Hill (Irish: Cnoc Bhréanail) is the highest mountain in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It has an elevation of 515 m (1,690 ft). It is situated 7 miles east of Thomastown, in the south of County Kilkenny.[1] Brandon Hill is in the barony of Gowran and in the province of Leinster.[2] The village of Graiguenamanagh is at the base of the hill.
It is the termination of the chain of granitic mountains that raise from the shores of Dublin bay.[3] The base of Brandon Hill on the side of the River Barrow and the hill running to Graigue is composed of schist rock.[4] This blackish siliceous schistus, sometimes containing grains of quartz and when it is broken it has a shivery texture and is hard enough to scratch glass.[5] There are a few beds of marble and limestone gravel near the foot of the mountain.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ (Gazetteer 1822, p. 591)
- ^ (Seward 1795, p. 105)
- ^ (Wright 1834, p. 129)
- ^ (Wakefield 1812, p. 122)
- ^ (Lewis 1837, p. 105)
- ^ (encyclopaedia 1830, p. 453)
[edit] Further reading
- Gazetteer (1822), The Edinburgh Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary: Containing the Various Countries, Kingdoms, States, Cities, Towns, Mountains, &c. Of the World., Volume I., Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and brown, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co. London, http://books.google.ie/books?id=obUBAAAAYAAJ.
- Wakefield, Edward (1812), An account of Ireland, statistical and political, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, ISBN 3175696, http://books.google.ie/books?id=250TAAAAYAAJ
- Lewis, Samuel (1837), A topographical dictionary of Ireland : comprising the several counties; cities; boroughs; corporate, market and post towns; parishes; and villages, with historical and statistical descriptions embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishopricks, corporate towns, and boroughs ; and of the seals of the several municipal corporations, London, ISBN 2000665, http://books.google.ie/books?id=wqzRAAAAMAAJ.
- encyclopaedia, Edinburgh (1830), The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster, Volume VII., Edinburgh, http://books.google.ie/books?id=8HvmwadVu4AC.
- Wright, George Newenham (1834), A new and comprehensive gazetteer, Volume II., Edinburgh, http://books.google.ie/books?id=CCMDAAAAYAAJ.
- Seward, William Wenman (1795), Topographia Hibernica: Or the Topography of Ireland, Dublin, ISBN 1437354076, http://books.google.ie/books?id=7IAuAAAAMAAJ
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