Ben Creggan South Top 687m mountain, Ben Gorm Mountains Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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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,

Places in area Ben Gorm Mountains:

Ben Creggan 693m

Ben Creggan South Top 687m

Ben Gorm 700m

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

Ben Creggan South Top Mountain Meall Láir A name in Irish
(prob. Ir. Meall Láir [PDT], 'middle lump') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite Bedrock

Height: 687m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L85832 66134
Place visited by 175 members. Recently by: upper, No1Grumbler, Atlanticstar, pcost, fingal, Wes, hivisibility, justynagru, Aciddrinker, wicklore, Grumbler, paulbrown, Roswayman, barrymayo, Niamhq
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Longitude: -9.726855, Latitude: 53.632983 , Easting: 85832, Northing: 266134 Prominence: 72m, Isolation: 0.5km
ITM: 485792 766183, GPS IDs, 6 char: BnC687, 10 char: BnCrgnSthT
Bedrock type: Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite, (Mweelrea Formation)

This peak is unnamed on OS maps, but is called Maul Laur on Bald's map of Co. Mayo (1830). This is probably an anglicisation of Ir. Meall Láir, 'middle lump', indicating its position half-way beween Ben Creggan and Ben Gorm. Ben Creggan South Top is the third highest mountain in the Ben Gorm Mountains area and the 134th highest in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ben Creggan South Top (<i>Meall Láir</i>) in area Ben Gorm Mountains, Ireland

Picture: Ben Creggan to right, South Top in centre, with ridge rising to summit

Stunning panoramas from amid wild rough ridge

Short Summary created by simon3, Colin Murphy 27 Apr 2014

Park at L888 673

A in the entrance to a Coillte forest. Cross the road and begin to ascend the long ridge on the eastern side of Ben Creggan. This is a fairly gently rising slope about 3km long, with the going underfoot fairly solid, mostly rocky. After approx 1.5 km, at L875 668

B you have the option of continuing west to the top of Ben Creggan and then making the short hop south to the South Top, or alternatively turning south west, crossing the valley to L866 663

C and ascending the ridge directly to the summit of Ben Creggan South Top. This is somewhat steeper than the more northerly ridge but is very firm underfoot. After 1km of climbing directly west, you will reach the South Top, which is marked with a cairn. Views from the summit are quite stunning, with Tawnyard Lough visible 5km to the east and Doo Lough Valley to the north west and Killary Harbour to the South West. From car to summit 1 hour 45 mins. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/128/comment/4888/

Are you slower than a Victorian Mountaineer? .. by wicklore (Show all for Ben Creggan South Top (Meall Láir))

This visualisation of the landscape shows the Ben .. by simon3 (Show all for Ben Creggan South Top (Meall Láir))

The last reddish rays of the sun caught the “Ben .. by simon3 (Show all for Ben Creggan South Top (Meall Láir))

Here is a photo I took from near Ben Creggan Sout .. by Brendan777 (Show all for Ben Creggan South Top (Meall Láir))

Breathtaking in all directions .. by Colin Murphy (Show all for Ben Creggan South Top (Meall Láir))

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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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