Benwiskin South Top 508m mountain, Dartry Mountains NW: Benbulbin Sligo Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Dartry Mountains Area , NW: Benbulbin Subarea

Feature count in area: 31, by county: Leitrim: 22, Sligo: 10, of which 1 is in both Sligo and Leitrim, OSI/LPS Maps: 16, 17, 25, 26
Highest Place: Truskmore 647m

Starting Places (22) in area Dartry Mountains:

Aghavoghil Middle,

Arroo Trail CP,

Ballaghnatrillick,

Ballintrillick Forest,

Barrs East,

Castletown,

Crumpaun,

Curraghan Road,

Dough Mountain NW,

Dough Mountain West,

Drumcliff River Road,

Eagles Rock,

Edenbaun,

Glencar Waterfall,

Gleniff Horseshoe Road,

Lough Cloonaquin North,

Luke's Bridge,

Mountain Wood,

Poulveha River,

Thur East,

Tormore Car Park,

Truskmore Transmitter Entrance

Summits & other features in area Dartry Mountains:
N: Truskmore: Gortnagarn 445m, Tievebaun 611m, Truskmore 647m, Truskmore SE Cairn 631m
NE: Arroo Keeloges: Aganny Top 482m, Aghalateeve 432m, Agow Top 423m, Arroo Mountain 523m, Conwal North 421m, Crocknagapple 372m, Keeloges 452m
NW: Benbulbin: Annacoona Top 597m, Benbulbin 526m, Benwiskin 514m, Benwiskin South Top 508m, Kings Mountain 462m
SE: Manorhamilton Hills: Ballaghnabehy Top 413m, Benbo 415m, Dough Mountain 462m, Lackagh Mountain 449m, Larkfield 305m, Naweeloge Top 441m, Thur Mountain 442m
SW: Castlegal Hills: Copes Mountain 452m, Crockauns 463m, Hangmans Hill 400m, Keelogyboy Mountain 438m, Keelogyboy Mountain Far East Top 418m, Keelogyboy Mountain NE Top 435m, Keelogyboy Mountain SW Top 417m, Leean Mountain 417m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Benwiskin South Top, 508m Mountain

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, Sligo County in Connacht province, in Arderin Beg, Irish Best Hundred Lists, Benwiskin South Top is the 547th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference G71917 47869, OS 1:50k mapsheet 16
Place visited by: 91 members, recently by: Overarroo, Carolineswalsh, knightsonhikes, FoxyxxxLoxy, PrzemekPanczyk, johncusack, a3642278, andalucia, Wes, annem, MickM45, oreills8, Haulie, markwallace, Grumbler

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Longitude: -8.432943, Latitude: 54.378684, Easting: 171917, Northing: 347869, Prominence: 20m, Isolation: 1.3km
ITM: 571872 847869
Bedrock type: Mudbank limestone, (Dartry Limestone Formation)

Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: BnwsSt, 10 char: BnwsknSthT
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1483/

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MountainViews.ie picture about Benwiskin South Top — Picture: *Upper Gleniff Horseshoe from Near Benwiskin*

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Gleniff Valley

by davsheen 1 Jan 2017

View from near Benwiskin of the Upper Gleniff valley and Diarmuid and Grainne's cave in the Dartry mountains Sligo. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1483/comment/18766/

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Track 5085 eamonoc less than an hour ago
Use of two cars, a return after 30yrs to repeat this route, toughest walk done in a long while. Great training for upc... walk, Len: 13.8km, Climb: 1485m, Area: Benlettery, Twelve Bens (Ireland) Benl

Summit Comment paddyobpc 2 days ago
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DeirdreM 2 days ago
In perfect conditions, a night hike to watch the dawn is highly recommended.

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Fergalh 4 days ago
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Track 5082 rhw a week ago
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