Lugduff ()
at , is the 154th–highest peak in
Ireland
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on the
Arderin
Arderin () is a mountain on the border between Laois and Offaly in Ireland. 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 County Laois and County Offaly. ...
scale,
and the 186th–highest peak on the
Vandeleur-Lynam
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scale.
[Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ] Lugduff is situated in the southern sector of the
Wicklow Mountains
The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: '' Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in the Republic of Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. Wh ...
range, and forms a broad horseshoe around the Upper Lake of the
Glendalough
Glendalough (; ) is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead min ...
valley with the mountains of
Mullacor ,
Conavalla , the
hydroelectric station at
Turlough Hill
Turlough Hill (), also known as Tomaneena (), is a mountain in County Wicklow in Ireland and site of Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant. The power station is owned and operated by the ESB and can generate up to of electricity ...
, and
Camaderry .
Lugduff's steep western slopes, have a distinctive "corrugated" profile, and form the deep valley sidewall of the eastern flank of
Glenmalure
Glenmalure () is a 20-kilometre long U-shaped glacial valley in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. Glenmalure is an important base for climbing in the Wicklow mountains, and particularly accessing the massif of Lugnaquilla, and contains one of t ...
; Lugduff's western walls also sit at the
T-junction
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of the
Fraughan Rock Glen hanging valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ov ...
with the Glenmalure valley.
Just below Lugduff's summit, lies the popular 8-kilometre
boarded mountain path of
The Spinc ''White Trail'' around the Upper Lake of Glendalough.
To the south of Lugduff is the subsidiary summit of Lugduff SE Top .
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Gallery
File:Fraughan Rock Glen.jpg, Summit of Lugduff and its western slopes, from the Fraughan Rock Glen
File:Glendalough lugduff.jpg, View from summit into Glendalough
Glendalough (; ) is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead min ...
, Upper (near) and Lower (far) lakes
File:Lugnaquilla from Glenmalure.jpg, View from summit across Glenmalure
Glenmalure () is a 20-kilometre long U-shaped glacial valley in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. Glenmalure is an important base for climbing in the Wicklow mountains, and particularly accessing the massif of Lugnaquilla, and contains one of t ...
into Fraughan Rock Glen, and Lugnaquilla
Lugnaquilla[Lugnaquilla](_blank)
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File:Glendalough Upper Lake, Wicklow Ireland.jpg, Lugduff (far left), The Spinc (near, forested), and Camaderry (right)
See also
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Wicklow Way
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Wicklow Mountains
The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: '' Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in the Republic of Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. Wh ...
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Lists of mountains in Ireland
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List of mountains of the British Isles by height
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List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland
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References
External links
MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website Lugduff
the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH
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Hill Bagging UK & Ireland
the searchable interface for the DoBIH
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Mountains and hills of County Wicklow
Hewitts of Ireland
Mountains under 1000 metres
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