Carrick Mountain is located in the eastern foothills of the
Wicklow Mountains
The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: '' Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. Where the mountai ...
in
Ireland
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. Historically it was called ''Carrigmurrely'' (1756) and ''Carrickmacreily'' (1795).
Geography
The mountain rises directly above the village of
Glenealy on the
R752, midway between
Rathnew
Rathnew () is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin along the N11 road (Ireland), M11 between Dublin and Wexford, it is close to the county town of Wicklow, which is situated to the east. The village is in a ...
and
Rathdrum. The mountain is, bar a few large rocky knolls, completely covered in forest.
Access to the summit
There is a network of forest roads on the hill, with long straights, steeps slopes, and hair-pin bends; the forest roads, with their sand and gravel surfaces, ascend to within 100 m of the summit. It is a popular location for car rallying (official and unofficial).
Rock climbing
There are
granite
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outcrops
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Features
Outcrops do not cover the majority of the Earth's land surface because in most p ...
near the summit of Carrick, which have been established as a minor
rock-climbing
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location. About 15 single-
pitch routes
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* ...
have been recorded, at all
grades
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up to E2.
See also
*
List of mountains in Ireland
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References
Marilyns of Ireland
Mountains and hills of County Wicklow
Climbing areas of Ireland
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