Brandon Hill
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"Brandon Hill" is the highest mountain in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland/Ireland. It has an Summit (topography)/elevation of . It is situated 4 kilometers South-South West of Graiguenamanagh, 7 kilometers east of Inistioge and 11 kilometers east of Thomastown, in the south of County Kilkenny. Brandon Hill is in the Barony (administrative division)/barony of Gowran and in the province of Leinster. The village of Graiguenamanagh is at the base of the hill.

File:BrandonHill116.jpg/thumb/left/Brandon Hill from the River Barrow in Graiguenamanagh

It is the termination of the chain of Granite/granitic mountains that raise from the shores of Dublin bay.() The base of Brandon Hill on the side of the River Barrow and the hill running to Graiguenamanagh/Graigue is composed of schist rock. This blackish siliceous schistus, sometimes containing grains of quartz and when it is broken it has a shivery texture and is hard enough to scratch glass.

There are a few beds of marble and limestone gravel near the foot of the mountain.

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