Keeper Hill

Keeper Hill / Slievekimalta / Sliabh Coimeálta
Sliabh Coimeálta
Viewed from the west
Highest point
Elevation	694 m (2,277 ft)
Listing	Marilyn
Coordinates	52°45′04″N 8°15′36″W / 52.751°N 8.260°WCoordinates: 52°45′04″N 8°15′36″W / 52.751°N 8.260°W
Geography
Keeper Hill / Slievekimalta / Sliabh Coimeálta Location in Ireland
Location	County Tipperary, Ireland
Parent range	Silvermine Mountains
OSI/OSNI grid	R823667
Topo map	OSi Discovery 59
Climbing
Easiest route	Way marked from Doonane carpark through Ballyhourigan woods

Keeper Hill or Slievekimalta or Sliabh Coimeálta^[1] (from Irish: Sliabh Coimeálta, meaning "mountain of guarding")^[1] is a 694 m (2,277 ft) mountain^[2][3] in the Silvermine Mountains of County Tipperary, Ireland.

Geography

The mountain is about 15 km east of Limerick City. Keeper Hill is the highest mountain in the Silvermines (and the wider Shannon area) and the 117th highest in Ireland.

Access to the summit

There is a looped walk around the lower shoulders of Keeper Hill, to which the ‘hardy’ walker can add the ‘trek’ to the summit. This loop walk is part of the National Looped Walks and is marked using the standard purple National Looped Walk directional arrows.^[4]

Conservation

On the slopes of Keeper Hill is a woodland of 3,300 hectares. The 300 hectare summit is blanket bog and Nardus grassland, considered of ecological importance. Keeper Hill is designated a Special Area of Conservation.^[5]

References

1. Placenames Database of Ireland: Slievekimalta or Keeper Hill
2. Ordnance Survey of Ireland - Online map viewer
3. MountainViews.ie
4. Keeper Hill Trek, Shannon Region Trails
5. Keeper Hill SAC, National Parks and Wildlife Service

See also

• List of Marilyns in Ireland

External links

• "Keeper Hill, Ireland". Peakbagger.com.