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Track 3848 Peter Walker 14 hours ago
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Summit Comment thomas_g a week ago
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Track 3843 Peter Walker 2 days ago
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Forum: General Trailtrekker 3 days ago
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Summit Comment thomas_g a week ago
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Track 3861 Peter Walker 3 days ago
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Mouldy Hill: Rough coastal summit over Buncrana and Lough Swilly.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a week ago
Starting point is the large carpark at White Strand at approx C345302 on the main road into Buncrana. Walk back to the Harbour Inn and take the short journey along Tank Rd, turn left onto Hillview...

Bushfires in Dublin/ Wicklow July 2018

Forum: General MickC 6 days ago
Hi,Does anyone know, or suggest where I might find out, the extent of the recent bushfires in Dublin/ Wicklow? Planning a walk from the Sally Gap to Glenmalure over the next few days.Cheers.Mick
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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
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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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If you follow Lynam’s Irish walks on this one yo .. by weedavie   (Show all for Ben Gorm)
 
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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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