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Carrigvore
Carraig Mhór
Gravale Wicklow.jpg
Gravale (highest) with Carrigvore (right) from SE
Highest point
Elevation 682 m (2,238 ft)
Prominence 67 m (220 ft)
Listing Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Naming
English translation big rock
Language of name Irish
Geography
Carrigvore is located in island of Ireland
Carrigvore
Carrigvore
Location in island of Ireland
Location Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Parent range Wicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid O122101
Topo map OSi Discovery 56
Geology
Mountain type Granite with microcline phenocrysts
Climbing
Easiest route from the Sally Gap, or along the R115

Carrigvore (Irish: Carraig Mhór, meaning big rock) at 682 metres (2,238 ft), is the 111th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 134th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Carrigvore is in the middle section of the Wicklow Mountains, in Ireland, and is part of a large north-east to south-west "boggy ridge" that runs from the Sally Gap to Carrigvore, and then on to Gravale 718 metres (2,356 ft); after a col, the ridge continues south-westwards to meet Duff Hill 720 metres (2,360 ft), which is part of the larger massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft).

View up Carrigvore Mountain from Sally Gap - geograph.org.uk - 1143935
View to summit from the Sally Gap
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