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Summit Comment TommyMc 3 days ago
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Track 3989 mcrtchly 6 days ago
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Summit Comment TommyV a week ago
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Track 3985 Onzy a week ago
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Truskmore: Sligo CHP and don't forget about Leitrim.

Summit Comment TommyV a week ago
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Ben Gorm Mountains Area
Place count in area: 3, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, MSW 
Highest place: Ben Gorm, 700m
Maximum height for area: 700 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 670 metres,

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Ben Gorm Mountain An Bhinn Ghorm A name in Irish
(Ir. An Bhinn Ghorm [MNIMA*], 'the blue peak') Mayo County, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite Bedrock

Height: 700m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L86244 65244
Place visited by 255 members. Recently by: Patbrdrck, mcdonna3, Atlanticstar, jamesmforrest, eoghancarton, Ulsterpooka, bryanjbarry, ilenia, Fergalh, oboyle_n, Richtea, salford7, Haulie, paulbrown, Jimmy600leavey
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Longitude: -9.718277, Latitude: 53.625019 , Easting: 86244, Northing: 265244 Prominence: 670m,  Isolation: 1km
ITM: 486338 765284,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BnGrm, 10 char: Ben Gorm
Bedrock type: Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite, (Mweelrea Formation)

An Bhinn Ghorm is a mountain name which occurs 3 times in Co. Mayo. Ir. gorm is usually translated 'blue', but Breandán S. Mac Aodha suggests that 'iron-grey' is closer to the true meaning in such mountain names (MNIMA, 149). Walks: for a route taking in Ben Gorm and Ben Creggan, see Whilde & Simms, New Irish Walk Guide - West and North, 60-61.   Ben Gorm is the highest mountain in the Ben Gorm Mountains area and the 115th highest in Ireland. Ben Gorm is the most southerly summit in the Ben Gorm Mountains area and also the most easterly.
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CaptainVertigo on Ben Gorm, 2008
by CaptainVertigo  1 Apr 2008
From Ashleagh Falls one crosses long awkward grass to a spine that curls up and around the the circumference of the enormous coum. This ridge, which narrows and narrows, gives a sense of exposure and spectacular vistas open up to the left and right. The photo shows the slope which appears deceptively benign and gradual. I rate Ben Gorm very highly indeed. Do not be put off by the extensive football pitches that festoon the summit area: if blessed with visability hug the edge of the great coum and consider the grandeur of creation. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/110/comment/2476/
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