Mullaghcleevaun is a mountain

Mountain

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 in County Wicklow

County Wicklow

County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. At 849 m (2,785 ft) tall, it is the second highest of the Wicklow Mountains

Wicklow Mountains

The Wicklow Mountains form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into Counties Carlow, Wexford and Dublin. Where the mountains extend into County Dublin, they are known locally as the Dublin Mountains...

 and the 20th highest in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

.

Mullaghcleevaun is believed to have been named after the rounded depression near the summit, which has a small lake (Lough Cleevaun) inside it. Mullaghcleevaun sits roughly in the middle of the Wicklow Mountains and 3 km west of the Military Road

R115 road

The R115 road is a regional road in counties Dublin and Wicklow in Ireland. It follows the Military Road for its entire length. The R115 is long; the full length of the Military Road is...

. The massif

Massif

In geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole...

 also includes the summit of Mullaghcleevaun East Top (795 m).

The most common ascent of the mountain is made via Black Hill from the carpark 3 km uphill from the small hillside town of Lacken

Lacken, County Wicklow

Lacken is a small village in the west of County Wicklow in Ireland, located on the shores of the Blessington lakes. It is part of the parish of Valleymount...

. The hills of Wales

Wales

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 can be seen on a clear day from the triangulation pillar on the summit.

External links

• Wicklow Mountains National Park