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Naul Hills

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Location
  
Fingal, Ireland

OSI/OSNI grid
  
O133602

Elevation
  
176 m

Translation
  
English language

Parent range
  
Naul Hills

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."

References

Naul Hills Wikipedia