Silsean

Silsean
Moanbane (left) and Silsean (right), as seen from the Blessington lakes in the west.
Highest point
Elevation	698 m (2,290 ft)[1]
Prominence	43 m (141 ft)[1]
Listing	Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates	53.091921°N 6.47351°W / 53.091921; -6.47351
Naming
Native name	Soillsean
English translation	place of lights
Geography
Silsean Location in Ireland
Location	County Wicklow, Ireland
Parent range	Wicklow Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid	O023056[1]
Topo map	OSi Discovery 56
Geology
Mountain type	Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite[1]

Silsean (Irish: Soillsean, meaning 'place of lights')^[2] at 698 metres (2,290 ft), is the 92nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,^[3] and the 114th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.^[4][5] Silsean is in the central sector, at the western edge, of the Wicklow Mountains, in County Wicklow, Ireland.^[6] Silsean is on a small massif alongside Moanbane 703 metres (2,306 ft) which lies between the Blessington lakes (or Poulaphouca Reservoir), and the major massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 metres (2,785 ft).^[7][8][6]

Bibliography

• Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019.
• Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892118.
• MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart) (2013). A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins. Collins Books. ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7.
• Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102.

See also

• Wicklow Way
• Wicklow Round
• Wicklow Mountains
• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• List of mountains of the British Isles by height
• List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland

References

1. "Silsean". MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
2. Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
3. Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m". MountainViews Online Database.
4. Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
5. Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
6. Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102. Walk 5: Silsean, Moanbane
7. Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019.
8. Simon Stewart (2018). "Arderins + Arderin Begs: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 15+m". MountainViews. Listing selection: All summits (531) in list Arderins + Arderin Begs

External links

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Silsean
• MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
• The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
• Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH