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Twelve Bens Area   SE: Glencoaghan Loop Subarea
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Bengower Mountain Binn Gabhar A name in Irish (Ir. Binn Gabhar [TR], 'goats’ peak') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock

Height: 664m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L78301 50644
Place visited by 433 members. Recently by: Josephineobrien, rosduke, Nailer1967, patman1974, knightsonhikes, maryblewitt, Aidan_Ennis, Marykerry, Dee68, discovering_dann, srr45, RosieMc, farmerjoe1, Juanita, Daingean
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Longitude: -9.834022, Latitude: 53.4919 , Easting: 78301, Northing: 250644 Prominence: 196m,  Isolation: 0.9km
ITM: 478300 750664,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bngwr, 10 char: Bengower
Bedrock type: Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top, (Bennabeola Quartzite Formation)

Erroneously marked as ‘Glengower’ on the Discovery series map. On the summit of this mountain you will find thrift (or sea-pink) in bloom during the late spring, despite the fact that it is far inland.   Binn Gabhar is the 172nd highest place in Ireland.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/167/
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Steep rocky peak on the Glencoaghan Horseshoe cir .. by group   (Show all for Bengower (Binn Gabhar))
 
Go down if you dare! .. by Onzy   (Show all for Bengower (Binn Gabhar))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Bengower (<i>Binn Gabhar</i>) in area Twelve Bens, Ireland
 
Bare rock and scrambles
by simon3  21 Jan 2020
You may want to come off the ridge between Binn Gabhar (Bengower) and Ben Lettery, if you have left a car somewhere near Derryclare and have been doing the horseshoe. Below is a picture of the ridge between the two, Ben Lettery to the left and south, Bengower off the picture to the right. As you can see much of the ridge is bare rock or scree. If you turn SE, at L7787050318 starG, which is 650m SW of Bin Gabhar and still quite high on the ridge, you can miss the more awkward bits and come down mostly on heather at the right of this picture. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/167/comment/997/
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Reaching Bengower, peak of the goat, from the nor .. by simon3   (Show all for Bengower (Binn Gabhar))
 
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eflanaga on Bengower, 2006 .. by eflanaga   (Show all for Bengower (Binn Gabhar))
 
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