Bencollaghduff, An Bhinn Dubh, Binn Dubh 696m mountain, Twelve Bens SE: Glencoaghan Loop 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 SE: Glencoaghan Loop Subarea

Place count in area: 34, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, 44, EW-CON, MSW
Highest place:

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

Places in area Twelve Bens:
Cen: Lough Auna Hills:

Cregg 297m

Townaloughra East Top 216m
Cen: Polladirk:

Bencullagh 632m

Maumonght SW Top 454m

Diamond Hill 442m

Knockbrack 442m

Maumonght 602m
E: Glencorbet:

Muckanaght 654m
N: Doughruagh:

Altnagaighera 549m

Benchoona 581m

Benchoona East Top 585m

Currywongaun 273m

Doughruagh 526m

Doughruagh South Top 525m

Garraun 598m

Garraun South Top 557m

Letterettrin 333m
SE: Glencoaghan Loop:

Bencorr North Top 690m

Bencorrbeg 577m

Binn an tSaighdiúra 653m

Benbreen 691m

Benbreen Central Top 680m

Benbreen North Top 674m

Derryclare 677m

Bengower 664m

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, also Binn Dubh an extra EastWest 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 120th highest in Ireland.
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Rocky peak with great views in the central Bens .. by group (Show all for Bencollaghduff (An Bhinn Dubh))

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

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weedavie on Bencollaghduff, 2004

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. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/115/comment/945/

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

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

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

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