Bencollaghduff 696m mountain, Twelve Bens Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Benbaun 729m, Bencorr 711m, Bencollaghduff 696m, Benbreen 691m, Bencorr North Top 690m, Benbreen Central Top 680m, Derryclare 677m, Benbreen North Top 674m, Bengower 664m, Binn an tSaighdiúra 653m,

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Twelve Bens Area

Place count in area: 38, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, 44, MSW
Highest place:

Benbaun, 729m
Maximum height for area: 729 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 684 metres,

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

Bencollaghduff Mountain An Bhinn Dubh A name in Irish
Ir. An Bhinn Dubh [TR#], 'black peak') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock

Height: 696m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L79782 52992
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Longitude: -9.812862, Latitude: 53.51334 , Easting: 79782, Northing: 252992 Prominence: 191m, Isolation: 1.3km
ITM: 479765 753013, GPS IDs, 6 char: Bnclgh, 10 char: Bnclghdf
Bedrock type: Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top, (Bennabeola Quartzite Formation)

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. An Bhinn Dubh is the third highest mountain in the Twelve Bens area and the 118th highest in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain An Bhinn Dubh in area Twelve Bens, Ireland

Picture: Summit cairn

Fine mountain in horseshoe's centre

Short Summary created by Colin Murphy 24 Jun 2014

Bang in the middle of the the Glencoaghan Horseshoe, there is no easy approach to this fine mountain, which has a long E/W summit area. This approach is from the south - see parking/routes for Bengower or Benlettery. From Benbreen North Top there is a steep descent over 500m to the NE, followed by a steepish ascent of another 500m to point L792530

A. Turn east here and the terrain continues to rise sharply in parts for another 600m to attain the summit, which is marked by a large cairn. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/115/comment/4875/

Don’t believe the Connemara hillwalk booklet that .. by weedavie (Show all for An Bhinn Dubh)

Left car at [L820562 B] and walked up thru G .. by aburden (Show all for An Bhinn Dubh)

After descending to Maumina (Maumnageeragh) Col 7 .. by eflanaga (Show all for An Bhinn Dubh)

After Binn Dubh we found the trickier western leg .. by weedavie (Show all for An Bhinn Dubh)

Mam Eidhneach is about half way on the Chochan ci .. by aburden (Show all for An Bhinn Dubh)

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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