Arderin () is a mountain on the border between counties
Laois and
Offaly in
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. With a height of 527 metres (1,729 ft) it is the highest point in the
Slieve Bloom Mountains, and is the
highest point in both counties.
An
Arderin is also a descriptive word for a specific category of Irish mountains in the series of lists maintained by Irish mountain database,
MountainViews; those over 500m with a
prominence of at least 30m.
[ This list, along with other complementary ones, has been published in book form by Collins Press.][Mountainviews, (2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ] Mountainviews.ie classifies a mountain as being above 500m, but also maintains a number of lists of hills below this threshold.[
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See also
* Lists of mountains in Ireland
* List of Irish counties by highest point
* List of mountains of the British Isles by height
* List of Marilyns in the British Isles
References
Marilyns of Ireland
Mountains and hills of County Offaly
Mountains and hills of County Laois
Highest points of Irish counties
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