Gravale

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title: "Gravale" 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"] description: "Mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravale" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland ::

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Field	Value
name	Gravale
native_name	ga
translation	difficult passage
language	Irish
photo	Gravale Wicklow.jpg
photo_caption	Gravale (highest) with Carrigvore (right) from SE
elevation_m	718
elevation_ref
prominence_m	123
prominence_ref
listing	100 Highest Irish Mountains, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
location	County Wicklow, Ireland
range	Wicklow Mountains
coordinates
topo	OSi Discovery 56
map	island of Ireland
map_relief	yes
map_caption	Location in Ireland
type	Granite with microcline phenocrysts
grid_ref_Ireland	O1049009420
easiest_route	from the Sally Gap, or along the R115
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| name = Gravale | native_name = ga | translation = difficult passage | language = Irish | photo = Gravale Wicklow.jpg | photo_caption = Gravale (highest) with Carrigvore (right) from SE | elevation_m = 718 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 123 | prominence_ref = | listing = 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam | location = County Wicklow, Ireland | range = Wicklow Mountains | coordinates = | topo = OSi Discovery 56 | map = island of Ireland | map_relief = yes | map_caption =Location in Ireland | type = Granite with microcline phenocrysts | grid_ref_Ireland = O1049009420 | easiest_route = from the Sally Gap, or along the R115 Gravale () at 718 m, is the 79th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 98th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Gravale is in the middle sector of the Wicklow Mountains range, in County Wicklow, Ireland. Gravale sits on a north-east to south-west "boggy ridge" that forms the "central spine" of the whole range, which runs from the Sally Gap, to Carrigvore 682 m, to Gravale, and after a col to Duff Hill 720 m, which is part of the larger massif of Mullaghcleevaun 849 m.

Gravale's prominence of 123 m, does not quality it as a Marilyn, but does rank it the 45th-highest mountain in Ireland on the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, where the minimum prominence threshold for inclusion on the list is 100 metres.

Naming

According to Irish academic Paul Tempan, the historian Eoin MacNeill, writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (JRSAI), thought that the Irish name "Drobeóil", as listed in the Metrical Dinsenchas, had survived the mountain name "Gravale". Tempan also notes that historical maps of the estates in which Gravale lies suggest that the col between Gravale and Duff Hill was known as "Lavarna" or "Lavarnia", from the Irish "Leath-Bhearna", meaning "half-gap", and that this was likely a difficult trail from the Blessington lakes area to Lough Dan.

Bibliography

References

References

1. "Gravale". [[MountainViews Online Database]].
2. Paul Tempan. (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names". MountainViews.ie.
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. (2014). "Dublin & Wicklow: A Walking Guide". Collins Press.
7. (1993). "The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits". Cicerone.
8. (September 2018). "Irish Highest 100: The highest 100 Irish mountains with a prominence of +100m". [[MountainViews Online Database]].

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