Camaderry

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title: "Camaderry" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-and-hills-of-county-wicklow", "hewitts-of-ireland", "mountains-under-1000-metres", "climbing-areas-of-ireland"] description: "Mountain in Wicklow, Ireland" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camaderry" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Wicklow, Ireland ::

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Field	Value
name	Camaderry
native_name	ga
translation	step/pass of the oak-wood
language	Irish
photo	Glendalough Upper Lake, Wicklow Ireland.jpg
photo_caption	Camaderry (right) at Glendalough Upper Lake
elevation_m	699
elevation_ref
prominence_m	71
prominence_ref
listing	Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
location	County Wicklow, Ireland
range	Wicklow Mountains
coordinates
map	island of Ireland
map_relief	yes
map_caption	Location in Ireland
topo	OSi Discovery 56
type	Adamellite with microcline phenocrysts
grid_ref_Ireland	T081980
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| name = Camaderry | native_name = ga | translation = step/pass of the oak-wood | language = Irish | photo = Glendalough Upper Lake, Wicklow Ireland.jpg | photo_caption = Camaderry (right) at Glendalough Upper Lake | elevation_m = 699 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 71 | prominence_ref = | listing = Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam | location = County Wicklow, Ireland | range = Wicklow Mountains | coordinates = | coordinates_ref= | map = island of Ireland | map_relief = yes | map_caption =Location in Ireland | topo = OSi Discovery 56 | type = Adamellite with microcline phenocrysts | grid_ref_Ireland = T081980 | grid_ref_Ireland_ref= | easiest_route = Camaderry () at 699 m, is the 90th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 112th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Camaderry is situated in the southern sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, and forms a broad horseshoe around the valley of Glendalough with the hydroelectric station at Turlough Hill 681 m, and the mountains of Conavalla 734 m, and Lugduff 652 m. Camaderry has a subsidiary summit, Camaderry South East Top 677 m, and both lie across the deep Wicklow Gap from Tonelagee 817 m, which sits on the "central spine" of the Wicklow range.

Lough Nahanagan

Between the north face of Camaderry and the east face of Turlough Hill lies Lough Nahanagan (), a deep corrie lake carved by a glacier at the end of the last ice age. The lake is associated with several Irish folk-stories. The cliffs of the corrie around Lough Nahanagan are used by rock-climbers with single-pitch graded routes of up to VS 4c.

Mining

Camaderry mountain contains the Luganure mineral vein which is a source of lead in the form of galena (PbS), and also contains traces of silver. In 1859 the Glendasan and Glendalough mines were connected with each other by a series of tunnels called adits, which are now mostly flooded, through the mountain. After several revivals, mining ceased in Camaderry in 1957; however, remains of the Miner's Village at Glendalough can still be seen.

Bibliography

Gallery

File:Cairne On Summit Camaderry.jpg|Summit cairn File:Camaderry Mountain, Wicklow.jpg|South face from Luggala File:Glendalough Upper Lake Wicklow.jpg|Camaderry (right) File:Miner's Village from Camaderry.jpg|Miner's Village File:Slopes of Camaderry, Wicklow.jpg|Slopes of SE Top

References

References

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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. (1993). "The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits". Cicerone.
7. (2014). "Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide". Collins Press.
8. [[Patrick Weston Joyce]]. "The Stone of Lough Nahanagan". National Library of Ireland.
9. "Lough Nahanagan". Irish Online Climbing Database.
10. Deirdre Burns. "Mining Heritage of Wicklow". Heritage Office, Wicklow County Council.
11. David Kinsella. (March 2015). "EXPLORING THE MINING HERITAGE OF COUNTY WICKLOW: Glendalough Mines".

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