Blessington topographic map
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Name: Blessington topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Blessington, County Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland (53.15869 -6.55382 53.17903 -6.52136)
Average elevation: 204 m
Minimum elevation: 177 m
Maximum elevation: 285 m
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A nineteenth-century explanation is found in Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, where he says that the name, "according to most antiquaries," comes from Baal-Tin-Glas, meaning the "pure fire of Baal," and that this suggests that the area was a centre for "druidical worship".
Average elevation: 163 m
