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Lissoughter
Sign in to saveLissoughter or Lissoughter Hill () is a prominent hill between the Twelve Bens and Maumturks mountain ranges, at the southern entrance to the Inagh Valley, in the Connemara National Park of County Galway, Ireland. With a height of , it does not qualify to be an Arderin or a Vandeleur-Lynam, however, its prominence of ranks it as a Marilyn.
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- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
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- County Galway
- mountain range
- Twelve Bens
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Lissoughter or Lissoughter Hill () is a prominent hill between the Twelve Bens and Maumturks mountain ranges, at the southern entrance to the Inagh Valley, in the Connemara National Park of County Galway, Ireland. With a height of , it does not qualify to be an Arderin or a Vandeleur-Lynam, however, its prominence of ranks it as a Marilyn.
A quarry on Lissoughter's southern slopes (the Lissoughter-Derryclare quarry, named after the peak and the neighbouring Derryclare mountain), is a noted source of the green-coloured Connemara marble (sometimes called Connemara Lissoughter Marble). As an isolated standalone peak, it is less frequented by hill-walkers, however, it is regarded for its views of the two ranges and the southern boglands of Connemara.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lissoughter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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