Dublin topographic map
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Name: Dublin topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland (53.29873 -6.38703 53.41054 -6.11488)
Average elevation: 138 ft
Minimum elevation: -7 ft
Maximum elevation: 430 ft
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As the word Castle did not come into use in Ireland until Norman times we know that Castleknock is a name of comparatively recent origin. Documents from the 12th and 13th centuries refer to the place as Castrum Cnoc, simply Cnoc and also Chastel-cnoc or Castel-Cnoc. So it seems that the name Castleknock is…
Average elevation: 180 ft
Swords
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The medieval town developed in a linear pattern along Main Street, in a roughly north-south direction. Swords has one of the best examples of this settlement pattern in the Dublin region. The round tower, 26m in height, is also an indicator of early Christian settlement. The Irish high king Brian Boru is said…
Average elevation: 92 ft
Dublin Castle
Ireland > County Dublin > Dublin
The Poddle was diverted into the city through archways where the walls adjoined the castle, artificially flooding the moat of the fortress's city elevations. One of these archways and part of the wall survive buried underneath the 18th-century buildings, and are open for public viewing.
Average elevation: 52 ft
Dalkey Island
Ireland > County Dublin > Dalkey
According to Samuel Lewis's 1837 Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, "[t]radition states" that Dalkey was used as a place of refuge for some citizens of Dublin during the "great plague" of 1775.
Average elevation: 20 ft
