The Ben of Howth ( ;
Irish: ''Beann Éadair'' ) is a hilly area
[, Weston St John Joyce, Dublin, MH Gill and Son, 1912, - multiple mentions] on
Howth Head
Howth Head ( ; ''Ceann Bhinn Éadair'' in Irish) is a peninsula northeast of the city of Dublin in Ireland, within the governance of Fingal County Council. Entry to the headland is at Sutton while the village of Howth and the harbour are on t ...
, adjacent to the 171 metre high Black Linn,
the peninsula's highest point.
Geography
Lying approximately 1½ km to the south of
Howth
Howth ( ; ; ) is a peninsular village and outer suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The district as a whole occupies the greater part of the peninsula of Howth Head, which forms the northern boundary of Dublin Bay, and includes the ...
village, the nearest road is Windgate Road, from which a path leads west past Green Hollows
quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mining, open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock (geology), rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some juri ...
.
Two of Howth's other peaks are nearby,
Shelmartin or Shielmartin which lies approximately 1 km to the west, and Dun Hill,
0.5 km to the north west.
Gallery
File:Ben of Howth, north sunny.jpg, North-facing view
File:Ben of Howth, northwest sunny.jpg, Northwest facing view
File:Ben of Howth, southwest sunny.jpg, Ben of Howth, southwest facing view
File:Ben of Howth, east.jpg, Ben of Howth, east view
References and notes
{{Mountains and hills of Leinster
Howth
Marilyns of Ireland
Mountains and hills of Fingal