Wicklow Mountains National Park

Wicklow Mountains National Park lies south of Dublin. Its wooded valleys include the monastic settlement at Glendalough. The area also has a mining history spanning 1798–1963, with the ruined Miners’ Village at the western end of Glendalough’s valley.

A building and wooded slopes in the Wicklow Mountains landscape.
A building and wooded slopes in the Wicklow Mountains landscape. Photograph: Joe King / Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0.Joe King / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image source · Crop

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Wicklow Mountains National Park lies south of Dublin. Its wooded valleys include the monastic settlement at Glendalough. The area also has a mining history spanning 1798–1963, with the ruined Miners’ Village at the western end of Glendalough’s valley.

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Ireland

Editorial reading

Editorial interpretation: Landscape and traces of monastic and industrial activity offer different ways to read the park. Considering them together connects the uplands with the changing uses of their valleys.

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Recorded coordinates: 53.01800, -6.39800

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Record identifier: factory-dossier-746baa0db3369cb8ef89e4a3

Source reference: www.nationalparks.ie

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