Editing Howth Head (section)

==Location and topography==
Originally an island,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dublin.ie/live/stories/dublin-uncovered-howth/|title=Dublin Uncovered: Howth}}</ref> Howth Head is connected to the mainland via a narrow strip of land, or [[tombolo]], and forms the northerly bound of the great crescent of [[Dublin Bay]], roughly corresponding to [[Dalkey Hill]] and [[Killiney Hill]] in the south.

Most of the headland is hilly, with peaks such as the 171&nbsp;m Black Linn, by the [[Ben of Howth]], on a side road beyond the Green Hill Quarries at the Loughereen Hills, [[Shielmartin Hill]] (163&nbsp;m) overlooking Carrickbrack Road and Carrickbrack and Dun Hill. There are also craggy areas such as Muck Rock (Carrickmore), and Kilrock.

Howth has an extensive and varied coastline, and there are steep sea cliffs around parts, especially on the north coast. Key points on the coast, clockwise from Sutton, include Cush Point, Claremont Strand, the small headland at Howth village, Balscadden Bay, Kilrock, the Great and Little Baily, Lion's Head, Doldrum Bay, the Needles, Drumleck Point, Red Rock and Sutton Strand.

Due to the shape of the landform, and its rocky nature, with thin soil covering, Howth features multiple streams and several fast-running streams, due to hard rock under a thin soil layer. These include the Bloody Stream, Coulcour Brook, the Boggeen Stream, the Offington Stream, the Whitewater Brook, the Balsaggart Stream, and the Carrickbrack and Santa Sabina Streams.<ref>Dublin: 2013, Doyle, J.W., "Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers of County Dublin" - 8th edition</ref>