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Mourne Mountains Area   E: Lamagan Subarea
Place count in area: 59, OSI/LPS Maps: 20, 29, EW-CLY 
Highest place:
Slieve Donard, 849m
Maximum height for area: 849 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 821 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Slieve Beg Mountain Sliabh Beag A name in Irish (Ir. Sliabh Beag [PNNI], 'little mountain') Down County in NI and in Ulster Province, in Arderin List, Granite granophyre Bedrock

Height: 595.9m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 29 Grid Reference: J34046 27603
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Longitude: -5.947707, Latitude: 54.179924 , Easting: 334047, Northing: 327604 Prominence: 88.81m,  Isolation: 0.7km
ITM: 733966 827609,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvBg, 10 char: Slieve Beg
Bedrock type: Granite granophyre, (Mourne Mountains granite)

The most notable feature of Slieve Beg is the scree-run known as the Devil's Coachroad which dissects its eastern flank.   Slieve Beg is the 301st highest place in Ireland.

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Little mountain, Big attitude .. by group   (Show all for Slieve Beg (Sliabh Beag))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slieve Beg (<i>Sliabh Beag</i>) in area Mourne Mountains, Ireland
 
tsunami on Slieve Beg, 2004
by tsunami  9 Oct 2004
Climbed up here for the first time today. Used the fantastic secure carpark at Meelmore Lodge and went up the Trassey Track to the Hares Gap. Following the Brandy Pad around towards the shoulder between Commedagh and Beg and then took the short hop to the summit. The main reason I was here today was not for a strenuous walk, I would have taken in Lamagan and Cove first if that was my goal - no, today was about curiosity. From reading the other comments here and hearing tales from more experienced walkers I decided that I needed to see the Devils Coachroad for myself. Against better judgement, when those more experienced men told me not to, I was here on my own. "Ah, sure what would they know?!" I told myself. "I'm young, fit(ish), a good geographer and mapreader, and I've been around enough of the Mournes! I'll be grand!" So, I got to the summit of Beg, and began poking around for the Coachroad. The view from the summit of this small mountain is reason enough in itself to come here without this scree run, especially back towards Bearnagh and a goor perspective of Donard and Commedagh. Suddenly there it was, and all those warnings came flooding back. The butterflies rose in my stomach and the palms began to sweat! But what the hell, I took a couple of tentative steps down into the chasm - a stone went from under my right foot, and is probably still rolling - thinking better of it I scrambled back to the top and took a few photos from the safety of solid ground. With the pulse still racing I decided to go down along the river and traverse across to the base of the chasm for another perspective. Grasping handfulsof heather I hauled myself across and made it onto the scree run. Photos cannot do the steepness of this slope any justice, I managed to make it about a third of the way up the chasm but was in no position to take pictures, just take in the awesome view. The picture was taken from across the valley on the Brandy Pad at the base of Donard - I think it says more than i can put into words today! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/297/comment/1225/
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Coming off Cove, heading manfully towards Commeda .. by Bleck Cra   (Show all for Slieve Beg (Sliabh Beag))
 
For a small hill Slieve Beg has a fierce summit. .. by wicklore   (Show all for Slieve Beg (Sliabh Beag))
 
Slieve beg from chimney rock mtn. the cleft of th .. by ricky k   (Show all for Slieve Beg (Sliabh Beag))
 
Will I? Won't I?............. Standing below the .. by tsunami   (Show all for Slieve Beg (Sliabh Beag))
 
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