Guestuser: Login or enrol?

CHOOSE in Twelve Bens Bencullagh Benbrack Benchoona Bencorrbeg Benglenisky Benlettery Binn an tSaighdiúra Benbaun Benbaun Benbreen Benbreen Central Top Benbreen North Top Maumonght SW Top Knockpasheemore Bencorr Bencorr North Top Derryclare Bencollaghduff Benfree Bengower Diamond Hill Letterettrin Knockbrack Doughruagh Garraun Garraun South Top Maumfin Maumonght Muckanaght Tully Mountain CHOOSE an area Achill/Corraun Antrim Hills Arigna Mountains Ballyhoura Mountains Belfast Hills Ben Gorm Mountains Blackstairs Mountains Bluestack Mountains Boggeragh Mountains Brandon Group Breifne Bricklieve/Curlew Caha Mountains Central Dingle Comeragh Mountains Cooley/Gullion Croagh Patrick Dartry Mountains Dingle West Donegal NW Donegal SW Dublin/Wicklow Dunkerron Mountains East Coast Fermanagh/S Tyrone Galty Mountains Glenbeigh Horseshoe Inishowen Iveragh NW Keenaght Knockmealdown Mountains Maamturks MacGillycuddy's Reeks Mangerton Mizen/Sheeps Head Mourne Mountains Mweelrea Mountains Nagles Mountains North Kerry North Mayo North Midlands North Wexford Ox Mountains Paps/Derrynasaggart Partry/Joyce Country Purple Mtn S Donegal/W Tyrone Shannon Sheeffry Hills Shehy/Knockboy Slieve Bloom Slieve Mish Slieve Miskish South Connemara South Midlands South Wexford Sperrin Mountains Twelve Bens W Limerick / N Kerry West Clare Wicklow/Dublin Summit or area: Set min height for summits. 150m 400m 500m 600m ; Map of 150m+ Summits (clickable) + - (Map Zoom) Local 150m+ Summits Benbaun, 729m   Bencollaghduff, 696m   Binn an tSaighdiúra, 653m   Bencorr North Top, 690m   Bencorr, 711m   Benbreen North Top, 674m   This session you have viewed Slieve Na Calliagh, Carran South Top, Sugarloaf Hill, Slievemeen, Slievemartin, Slievemeel, Binn Chorr, Largan Hill, Coomnacronia, Sugarloaf Mountain, Tinoran Hill, Spinans Hill, Knockmoyle, Sugarloaf Mtn West Top, Binn Chorr North Top, Cnoc Breasail, Derrynafulla SW, Binn Doire Chláir, Annatoran, Bencorrbeg, Glenkeel Top, An Eadarna Mhór, Crenville, Tievedockaragh, Killane Mountain, Cloonacool, An Bhinn Láir, Nareera, Baltinglass Hill, Crockfadda North-East Top, Spinans Hill SE Top, Sruffaungarve Top, Divis, Meenamaddo, Slieve Snaght, Knockalongy, Keadeen Mountain, Crockfadda, Binn Dubh Users Online: Dessie1, apalomo, Quasi Guests online: 113 Conditions and Info Use of MountainViews is governed by conditions. Hillwalking is a risk sport. Information about the site and about safety is here. Opinions in material here are not necessarily endorsed by MountainViews.   RSS Feed for Recent Items.

Twelve Bens Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 729 metres Summits in area: 30 OS Map(s): 37, 44 for all tops Set Area Map On     Bencollaghduff Mountain Galway County Binn Dubh A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. Binn Dubh [TR], 'black peak') Height: 696 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 37 for top Grid Ref: L79780 52993 Latitude: 53.513346 Longitude: -9.812998 ITM: 479756 753014 Prominence: 191m   Isolation: 1.3km Bencollaghduff means ‘peak of the black hags’. The black hags in question are cormorants [TR]. The OSI form Binn Dhubh represents a prescribed standard modern Irish form. Tim Robinson's Binn Dubh represents the local dialect, which omits lenition of d and t when the previous word ends in a dental consonant. Binn Dubh is the third highest mountain in the Twelve Bens area and the 115th highest in Ireland. Our data has reached 80% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Binn Dubh Page 1 2 Next page >> Expand pics.   by weedavie  26 Apr 2004 After Binn Dubh we found the trickier western leg of the Chochan circuit. The climb south to Binn Bhraoin was straightforward although the grain of the rock tended to encourage us to the left. This might want watching in mist. Similarly the ridge wanders west, south then south east between some ill-defined tops so a bit of attention would be in order. The next descent’s the easiest of the day if you don’t feel too guilty about repaying Galway’s hospitality by slipping a few cubic metres of scree down the slopes. On the other hand the ascent to Binn Gabhar’s positively tricky. A developing path took us up among crags over the first half of the slope. It disappeared but trending to the right worked all right after that, scrambling up some fairly obvious ledges and gullies. The summit has too many cairns but we visited them all to make sure. Binn Lettery’s next and must seem no distance going north in the morning. Seemed a long way at the end of the round. It’s a fantastic viewpoint. I don’t know the best descent to the Youth Hostel but a straight line cost us 15 minutes getting round crags on the upper slopes. This is an amazing circuit. Getting something of this sort to ourselves on an April Sunday in Scotland would be unthinkable. But we saw no people and no marks in the snow. A ripple of applause is due to the fearless fliers of Aer Arran whose direct Edinburgh Galway flight makes this a workable weekend trip. The photo shows the view onward from Binn Dubh with Binn Bhraoin to the right and Binn Gabhar to the left (Comment Rating 4.71) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. by weedavie  26 Apr 2004 Don’t believe the Connemara hillwalk booklet that says the Glen Chochan circuit is 6 to 7 hours. I think it's a meaningless application of Naismith’s rule. It took us 8.5 without the access walk and we weren’t hanging round much. The eastern half of the circuit is straightforward, even in a heavy April snowfall. We went up the south butt of the ridge then followed the slope up to Derryclare. We carried on just west of north without much descent and ascent to Binn Corr. Between its tops was an excellent place for the snow to stop and the cloud to roll back. From the North West top we’d a tremendous view of the rocky slopes of Binn Dubh to the west. We were now approaching the trickiest moment in this half of the round, the pronunciation of Mam na bhFonsai. Nothing in our experience of Scots Gaelic prepared us for this. The ascent of Binn Dubh is easy on good rock, up to the shattered approach to the summit. Picture is looking back to Derryclare from near the summit of Binn Dubh. (Comment Rating 4.56) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Mam Eidhneach from Bin Dubh Expand pics.   by aburden  22 Feb 2006 Left car at [L820562 (Point A)] and walked up thru Gleann Eidhneach until I reached a distinct moraine. This in turn leads you to a sheep track on east side of Bin Bhan. I followed the track up to the 3-way mountain pass, Mam Eidhneach. From the gap between (B Dubh and B Bhraoin) I headed East along Binn Dubhs rocky shoulder, scrambling past a cairn at 563m [L791529 (Point B)] to a 2nd cairn at summit. I took the photo of the 3-way pass about 5 min from summit on way down. If you see mist coming whilst on way up/down, be sure that you take bearing(s). Trip Time 3h 25min incl. 15min stops. Point A: L820 562 Point B: L791 529 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: The ascent of Binn Dubh from Mam Eidhneach (Maumina) or Maumnageergh col. Expand pics. by eflanaga  3 May 2006 After descending to Maumina (Maumnageeragh) Col 78882 52805 (Point C) from the eastern slope of Binn Bhraoín, (having delayed on its Northern Top to take some pictures) I managed to catch up with the other eight members of the Mid-Ulster Walking Club who were in the process of completing a west to east crossing of the Glencoaghan Horseshoe walk. The group had been about to start their ascent of Bin Dubh the next peak in the circuit, when they stopped to chat with another group of walkers who were doing the walk from the opposite direction. Both groups met just above Maumnageeragh Col to swap pleasantries. It transpired that the other group was also from the North (Belfast Civil Service Walking Club). The two gentlemen from Galway we had met earlier on Ben Gabhar (first part of walk) and later on Binn Bhraoin summit were also there and they accompanied our party to the summit of Binn Dubh (Bencollaghduff). Buoyed by the camaraderie engendered by our meeting and the unplanned rest break, we bade our fellow walkers fair wind and began our ascent of Binn Dubh. Surprisingly, this was not as difficult as it first appeared although after turning south past the second spot height the final climb to the summit cairn required a little more care and the use of hands in one or two places. The broad rocky summit provided fantastic views to the west such as those described in reports of the previous stages but also provided the first relatively unimpeded views across the northern edge of Lough Inagh over to the northern Mamturks. The views north over Binn Bhán’s eastern spur & Knockpasheemore towards Kylemore Lough & Killary Harbour were awesome in the late afternoon sunlight. To the south the final legs of the Horseshoe, Binn Chorr & Binn Doire Chláir awaited. Point C: L78882 52805 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.33) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Binn Dubh from Binn Bhraoin Expand pics.   by aburden  28 Feb 2006 Mam Eidhneach is about half way on the Chochan circuit and from here it is a 40min haul/scramble to the top of Binn Dubh. From the top I followed a bearing of 130 degrees to meet a cairn before dropping down to Mam na BhFonsai. (Comment Rating 4.20) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. by pdtempan  23 Nov 2003 Bencollaghduff (Binn Dubh) seen from Benbaun, with Bencorr and neighbours visible behind. (Comment Rating 3.29) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average COMMENTS for Binn Dubh Page 1 2 Next page >> (End of comment section for Binn Dubh. Recent comments about other mountains below.) RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 30 Next page >> Forum: General Tomaneena summit Dessie1 16 hours ago. Wasnt sure how to add gps reading of summit Simon,so heres a pic!!!    Summit Comment Bunnacunneen: Access Issue Frank12345 20 hours ago. Just south of the summit there are two bright red warning signs 'No unauthorised access beyond this point'. They are attached to the boundary fence that runs along the ridge,and they are confusing...    Summit Comment Bran Scultair: White Mountain or Cooliagh barryd 2 days ago. There are at least six 'Brans' (granite tors) along this ridge of which Bran Scultair aka The Aerial Brans is just one. In the course of preparing mapping for this area, as far as I can see to dat... Forum: General Bridges aidand 22 hours ago. I'd like to add my own thoughts to this debate. We would all much prefer to have a pristine wilderness. Thankfully Ireland is big enough that there are plenty of hills where man has made little im...    Summit Comment Slievecorragh: Sharing the story of the Chair wicklore 3 days ago. Listeners to RTE’s Liveline programme may have heard me today as I discussed the chair and Teddy memorial on Slievecorragh and its history. The podcast can be listened to here: http://www.rte.ie/p...    Forum: General BUILDING BRIDGES IN THE NORTH. YUK! Bleck Cra a day ago. David – you and I are going to disagree on the whys and the hows but in principle I think and I hope we are one. We all know the 1960s experiment, repeated recently by the broadcast media, of the ... Summit Comment Slievecarran: Turlough Hill loop walk fkaatje 5 days ago. I bagged Slievecarran from the SW on Sunday January 29th 2012. Looking for a bit of a challenging loop walk on the map I decided to try a horseshoe walk traversing Gortaclare Mountain, Slievecarra...    Forum: General NATURAL WASTE Bleck Cra a day ago. Reference David Kirk's views on the new bridge at the Midpace River ..... worse than just building the thing for no reason, they have actually taken out huge natural stepping stones, which were b...    Summit Comment Abbey Hill: route suggestions and loop walks fkaatje 6 days ago. Abbey Hill is a nice short climb which rewards you with splendid views over the Burren and Galway Bay. It is also a rather popular walk and on a sunny Sunday afternoon you won’t be alone on this s... Forum: General David Kirk David Kirk a day ago. Regarding the debate over the erection of a totally inappropriate wooden bridge over the Fofanny where it joins the Bloody bridge river,I would not like to think that there is a conflict of opini...    Summit Comment Croughaun Hill: Much better views than you'd expect. thomas_g 6 days ago. Followed Jackhill's instructions and got to the summit fairly easily, having about an hour before darkness, we decided to try the variety option. Heading down a fairly steep track east from the su...    Summit Comment Lack Mountain: a note on the walk lackmt 6 days ago. On the Castlemaine road heading to Inch 2km after bensons shop there is a lane way (800m long) up to a gate. From here it is an easy walk to the top. On a fine day you get a view across the bay of... RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 30 Next page >>