| Keadeen Mountain | |
|---|---|
 View from Rathdangan in south | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 653 m (2,142 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 334 m (1,096 ft)[1] |
| Listing | 100 Highest Irish Mountains, Marilyn, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam |
| Coordinates | 52°57′02″N 6°34′53″W / 52.95056°N 6.58139°W |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Céidín |
| English translation | flat-topped hill |
| Geography | |
  Keadeen Mountain Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
| OSI/OSNI grid | S9539489764 |
| Topo map | OSi Discovery 62 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type(s) | Dark slate-schist, quartzite & coticule[1] |
Keadeen Mountain (Irish: Céidín, meaning 'flat-topped hill')[2] at 653 metres (2,142 ft), is the 152nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[3] and the 184th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[4][5] Keadeen is situated at the far southwestern end of the Wicklow Mountains range, separated from the large massif of Lugnaquilla on its own small isolated massif with Carrig Mountain 571 metres (1,873 ft); it overlooks the Glen of Imaal from the south.[6]
- ^ a b c "Keadeen Mountain". MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
- ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m". MountainViews Online Database.
- ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
- ^ Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
- ^ Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102.
Walk 11: Keadeen Mountain