Silsean | |
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Soillsean | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 698 m (2,290 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 43 m (141 ft) [1] |
Listing | Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 53°05′31″N 6°28′25″W / 53.091921°N 6.47351°W |
Naming | |
English translation | place of lights |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | Wicklow, Ireland |
Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
OSI/OSNI grid | O023056 [1] |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 56 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite [1] |
Silsean ( Irish: Soillsean, meaning "place of lights") [2] at 698 metres (2,290 ft), is the 92nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, [3] and the 114th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. [4] [5] Silsean is in the central sector, at the western edge, of the Wicklow Mountains, in Wicklow, Ireland. [6] Silsean is on a small massif alongside Moanbane 703 metres (2,306 ft) which lies between the Blessington lakes (or Poulaphouca Reservoir), and the major massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft). [7] [8] [6]
Walk 5: Silsean, Moanbane
Listing selection: All summits (531) in list Arderins + Arderin Begs