Location Fingal, Ireland OSI/OSNI grid O133602 Elevation 176 m | Topo map OSI Discovery 43 Province Leinster | |
Easiest route West from M1 on R122, then south on R108. Similar Shielmartin Hill, Hill of Ben, Mount Alto - Kilkenny, Sugarloaf, Black Rock Mountain - County W | ||
The Naul Hills, or Man-of-War Hills are low-lying hills in Fingal, Ireland, close to the village of Naul, formerly called The Naul, (Irish: An Aill, meaning "the cliff"). They lie beside the County Meath border, 30 kilometres north of Dublin City (17 km north of the airport), 16 km north-northwest of Swords, and 8 km southwest of Balbriggan.
Map of Naul Hills, Cabinhill, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Typical hill elevations run between 140 and 150 metres, with the highest point in the area being the 176m Knockbrack (Irish: An Cnoc Breac, meaning "the speckled hill"). Limestone quarrying has been carried out in the hills, and the London Encyclopaedia (1829) remarked, "there are coals at Naul...but the coal vein is not worked."
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