Summit Register

Hewitt · South Dublin, Wicklow, Ireland

Kippure

757 m

2,484 ftDrop 262 mO 115 154

Finder: 99 Hewitts in Ireland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmKippure757Djouce725.5Mullaghcleevaun846.7Scarr640Tonelagee815.8
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmKippure757Djouce725.5Mullaghcleevaun846.7
Looking north, 4127 km wide, heights ×1317 (method).

Kippure is a Hewitt of 757 m in South Dublin, Wicklow. It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county.

Its closest neighbour in this register, Djouce, is 8.1 km away. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the south, so it stands at the northern edge of its group. It shares its height of 757 m with Ill Bell. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Ill Bell (757 m) and Red Pike (Buttermere) (755.3 m). Its nearest higher summit, Mullaghcleevaun East Top (795.9 m, 9.3 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit757 mKey col495 msea level
Key col O 129 110, 4.6 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

757 m28th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

262 m503rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

9.3 km165th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Djouce8.1 km south-east
    725.5 m
  2. 2
    Mullaghcleevaun9.7 km south-west
    846.7 m
  3. 3
    Scarr13.7 km south
    640 m
  4. 4
    Tonelagee14.2 km south
    815.8 m
1234DjouceMullaghcleevaunScarrTonelageeN5 km

Lists

  • 103rd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 500th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 32nd highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Mullaghcleevaun East Top, 795.9 m, 9.3 km south
Region
55B: Wicklow Hills N
OS map
56
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
20060
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Kippure

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The highest hills in each country and county