This ploughed away mound lies just south of the southern 'peak' of Knockbrack hill. On the highest point is the ugliest radio mast I have ever seen ... and that takes some doing!
This site is, thankfully, all about views to the south. Looking in this direction the Wicklow and Dublin Mountains form a huge barrier. The peaks of the two Sugar Loaf mountains can be clearly seen as can Two Rocks and Howth. Lambay Island is also visible.
Looking north you can see the location of the hillfort on the top of Knockbrack, but I couldn't work out if the trig point I could make out is on the top of the passage tomb that is up there or a very high section of bank from the fort. Whichever it is, it's big!
Around Sunday lunch time this seemed like the most peaceful spot on the planet, but being just 100m from a quarry and landfill site it is obviously not like this during the week.
Anywhere where I can sit and stare at the majestic natural skyline produced by the Wicklows is high on my list of magical places. I can look at these and immediately place myself within the landscape. I am so used to seeing them now from every angle that I know where I am and roughly how far away from home I am as soon as I see them. Shame about the quarry and mast!
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