Summit Register

Hewitt · Limerick, Ireland

Temple Hill

783.7 m

2,571 ftDrop 188 mR 833 218

Finder: 99 Hewitts in Ireland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmTemple Hill783.7Galtymore917.9Cush641.2Greenane801.3Knockshanahullion653.3
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmTemple Hill783.7Galtymore917.9Cush641.2
Looking north, 5821 km wide, heights ×1712 (method).

Temple Hill is a Hewitt of 783.7 m in Limerick. It sits below Galtymore, only 4.9 km to the north-east and 134.2 m higher.

It is one of only four register hills in the Galty Mountains region, with Galtymore, Greenane and Cush. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the east, so it stands at the western edge of its group. It shares its height of 783.7 m with Moel Hebog. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Thornthwaite Crag (784 m) and Moel Hebog (783.7 m). Its nearest higher summit, Lyracappul (825.1 m, 1.8 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit783.7 mKey col596 msea level
Key col R 839 219, 0.6 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

783.7 m21st highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

188 m722nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.8 km843rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Galtymore4.9 km north-east
    917.9 m
  2. 2
    Cush7.5 km north-east
    641.2 m
  3. 3
    Greenane9.4 km east
    801.3 m
  4. 4
    Knockshanahullion20.1 km south-east
    653.3 m
1234CushGreenaneN10 km

Lists

  • 79th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 442nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Lyracappul, 825.1 m, 1.8 km north-east
Region
53A: Galty Mountains
OS map
74
Summit
Ground 10m S of cairn
DoBIH no.
20046
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Temple Hill

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