Church Mountain

#341 among destinations in Ireland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Church Mountain, also called Slieve Gad, is the westernmost of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It is 544 metres high. At the summit are the remains of a large ancient cairn of pagan origin. This cairn was partially destroyed and a small building, apparently a church, was built on it in the Middle Ages. Pilgrims formerly climbed the mountain during the festival of Lughnasa to visit a holy well on the summit. The mountain lies roughly halfway between Hollywood to the north and Donard to the south. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 1785 ftProminence: 423 ftCoordinates: 53°3'14"N, 6°35'10"W

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Church Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Camenabologue, Table Mountain, Benleagh, Conavalla.

5.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Camenabologue
144 min walk • Camenabologue at 758 metres, is the 55th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 71st–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Table Mountain, Wicklow Mountains National Park
128 min walk • Table Mountain is a 702-metre peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland. With a prominence of only 16 metres, it is only listed in a few of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland; it is the 110th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam Irish scale.
7.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Benleagh, Wicklow Mountains National Park
181 min walk • Benleagh at 689 metres, does not have the prominence to qualify as an Arderin, but its prominence does allow it to rank as the 125th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
6.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Conavalla, Wicklow Mountains National Park
158 min walk • Conavalla at 734 metres, is the 69th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 85th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sugarloaf
81 min walk • Sugarloaf is a 552 metres peak in west Wicklow, Ireland that lies on the northern edge of the Glen of Imaal. With a prominence of only 14 metres, it is not listed in any of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland, and is a subsidiary summit of Lobawn 636 metres, to the north.
1.7 miNW
Memorial
Piper's Stones
43 min walk • The Piper's Stones or the Athgreany stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle at Athgreany, County Wicklow. It sits on a low hillock overlooking the N81, 2 km south of Hollywood.
5.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Glen of Imaal, Wicklow Mountains National Park
151 min walk • The Glen of Imaal is a remote glen in the western Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It is ringed by the Lugnaquilla massif and its foothills, including Table Mountain and Keadeen.
4.8 miSW
Memorial
Castleruddery Stone Circle
123 min walk • Castleruddery Stone Circle is a recumbent stone circle and National Monument located in County Wicklow, Ireland.
2.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lobawn
73 min walk • Lobawn at 636 metres, is the 182nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 219th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Lobawn has a flat boggy summit plateau with a "war department" concrete post to mark the top.
5.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moanbane, Wicklow Mountains National Park
151 min walk • Moanbane at 703 metres, is the 85th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 106th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Moanbane is in the central sector, at the western edge, of the Wicklow Mountains, in Wicklow, Ireland.
4.8 miW
Archaeological site
Tornant Moat, Dunlavin
123 min walk • Tornant Moat is an Irish National Monument composed of a ringfort and nearby barrows.