Benbreen 691m 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, Benbreen North Top 674m, Bengower 664m, Muckanaght 654m, 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.

Benbreen Mountain Binn Bhraoin A name in Irish
(Ir. Binn Braoin [TR], 'Braon’s peak') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock

Height: 691m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L78311 51547
Place visited by 318 members. Recently by: Chance, upper, Benbruce, No1Grumbler, thrifleganger, sofearghail, pcost, abeach, DNicholson, ShayGlynn, hivisibility, nolo, therealcrow, nevgeoran, obanboy
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Longitude: -9.834523, Latitude: 53.500006 , Easting: 78311, Northing: 251547 Prominence: 186m, Isolation: 0.5km
ITM: 478290 751567, GPS IDs, 6 char: Bnbrn, 10 char: Benbreen
Bedrock type: Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top, (Bennabeola Quartzite Formation)

This peak is particularly impressive when viewed across the abyss of Mám na Gaoithe from Bengower. Braon can mean 'drip' or 'drop', but may be a personal name here. It is the basis of the surnames Ó Braoin and Mac Braoin, anglicised as Breen and McBreen. Binn Bhraoin is the 126th highest place in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Benbreen (<i>Binn Bhraoin</i>) in area Twelve Bens, Ireland

Picture: Benbreen summit with Bencollaghduff in background.

Steep-sided, rocky summit.

Short Summary created by Colin Murphy 24 Jun 2014

This approach is via Bengower - see that entry for parking, route etc. From the summit of Bengower, this top is less than 1km as the crow flies, although the ascent is quite energy-sapping. Head directly north dropping to a col more than 200m below, followed by a similar ascent up a very steep rocky slope. The summit is well defined and marked by a cairn. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/122/comment/4882/

Our party of three did the Glencoaghan Horseshoe .. by Fergal Meath (Show all for Benbreen (Binn Bhraoin))

The summit of Benbreen is long and bumpy with var .. by simon3 (Show all for Benbreen (Binn Bhraoin))

I came and left Binn Bhraoin via Binn Gabhar. It' .. by csd (Show all for Benbreen (Binn Bhraoin))

After just climbing Gabhar, the climb up to the s .. by aburden (Show all for Benbreen (Binn Bhraoin))

(See Binn Gabhar for first part of walk) After de .. by eflanaga (Show all for Benbreen (Binn Bhraoin))

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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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