Glendalough Lower Lake
Glendalough Lower Lake is a long, glacial lake in the valley of Glendalough in County Wicklow. This, the Lower Lake and Glendalough Upper Lake are the two waters which gives the valley its name, Gleann Dá Loch ('Valley of Two Lakes').
The lake lies in the Wicklow Mountains area west of Glendalough's Early Mediæval monastic settlement.[1]
Geology
The lake is classified as a ribbon lake. The Upper and the Lower lakes were at first united but one of their inflow brought an amount of sediment large enough to divide the original lake into two parts.[2]
Hiking
Close to the eastern tip of the lake passes the Wicklow Way, a long distance waymarked walking trail, on its way from Rathfarnham in the north to its southerly point of Clonegal.[3]
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See also
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References
- ↑ Glendalough (Brockagh Resource Centre)
- ↑ Lakes & Rivers - Wicklow Mountains National Park
- ↑ Wicklow Way: Roundwood to Glendalough