Table Mountain (Wicklow)
Mountain in Wicklow, Ireland
Table Mountain | |
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Flat summit of Table Mountain
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 702 m (2,303 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 16 m (52 ft) [1] |
Listing | Arderin Beg , Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 53°01′02″N 6°28′54″W / 53.01716°N 6.481634°W / 53.01716; -6.481634 |
Geography | |
Location | Wicklow , Ireland |
Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
OSI/OSNI grid | T019972 [1] |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 56 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Granite with microcline phenocrysts [1] |
Table Mountain is a 702-metre (2,303 ft) peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland . With a prominence of only 16 metres (52 ft) , it is only listed in a few of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland ; it is the 110th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam Irish scale. [2] [3] Table Mountain is at the apex of a horseshoe-shaped "boggy" massif with its larger neighbours, Camenabologue 758 metres (2,487 ft) and Conavalla 734 metres (2,408 ft) that sit at the head of the Glenmalure valley; all three peaks lie close to the "central spine" of the range as it runs from Kippure in the north, to Lugnaquillia in the south. [3] [4] There is no recorded Irish language name for Table Mountain, and it has no connection with Table Mountain in Cape Town , South Africa . [5]
Plane crash
On the afternoon of 7 March 1957, between 12:30 and 12:45pm, a Percival Provost training plane crashed into the slopes of Table Mountain in thick fog resulting in the death of its pilot, an Irish Air Corps lieutenant. [6] The pilot was named as 21 year old Patrick L. O'Connor, of Clooneyquin, Castlerea , County Roscommon . [6] The plane had left Baldonnel Aerodrome , Dublin at 11:15am that morning for an intended training flight over the counties of Offaly and Wicklow, but was believed to have lost contact with the control tower shortly after departure. [6] The explosion was heard by forestry workers on nearby Conavalla Mountain who rushed to assist and were able to raise the alarm. [6] Parts of the aircraft, which were scattered over an area of 80 yards, still remained on the slopes of the mountain as of 2010. [7]
Bibliography
- Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide . Collins Press. ISBN 978-1848892019 .
- 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 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 2 3 4 "Table Mountain" . MountainViews Online Database . Retrieved 15 July 2019 .
- ↑ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m" . MountainViews Online Database .
- 1 2 Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
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Dillion, Paddy (1993).
The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits
. Cicerone.
ISBN
978-1852841102
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Walk 10: Ballineddan Mountain, Slievemaan, Lugnaquillia, Camenabologue East Top, Camenabologue, Table Mountain, Lobawn
- ↑ Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF) . MountainViews.ie.
- 1 2 3 4 (staff writer) (8 March 1957). "Air Corps Pilot Dies in Plane Crash". The Irish Times .
- ↑ "Table Mountain (Sliabh an Tábla)" . mountainviews.ie . Retrieved 24 March 2023 .
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External links
- MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website , Table Mountain
- 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
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