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Wicklow Mountains

Wicklow Mountains. Wicklow Mountains. Location: Ireland Wicklow, Dublin, Carlow and Wexford. Wicklow Mountains. Facts: Highest peak – Lugnaquilla – 925 meters Rivers source Tallest river – Powerscourt Waterfall Rivers harnessed to reservoirs in Dublin and the surroundings

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Wicklow Mountains

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  1. Wicklow Mountains

  2. Wicklow Mountains Location: • Ireland • Wicklow, Dublin, Carlow and Wexford

  3. Wicklow Mountains Facts: • Highest peak – Lugnaquilla – 925 meters • Rivers source • Tallest river – Powerscourt Waterfall • Rivers harnessed to reservoirs in Dublin and the surroundings • Wildlife – Number of threatened bird species

  4. Wicklow Mountains History: • 4,300 BCE (Before the Common Era) • Passage tombs – Neolithic period – New stone age – border posts • Clans settled down • 19th century – railway – tourism – Glendalough

  5. Wicklow Mountains • Hill walking – Dublin Mountains Way • Among other roads… • 32 miles • Remains of passage tombs • Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains Fairy castle (Two Rock) Chambered cairn (Tibradden Mountain)

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