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Partry & Joyce Area   SE: Cornamona Subarea
Place count in area: 27, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, 38, CBE, EW-CON, MSW 
Highest place:
Maumtrasna, 682m
Maximum height for area: 682 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 607 metres,

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Mount Gable Hill Binn Shleibhe A name in Irish, also Benlevy an extra name in English (Ir. Binn Shleibhe [OSI], 'peak of the mountain/moorland'). It is
often known as Mount Gable locally.
Galway County in Connacht Province, in Carn List, Schists, grits, metavolcanics, mylonitic Bedrock

Height: 417.8m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 38 Grid Reference: M05017 54904
Place visited by 85 members. Recently by: jkforde, elizauna, abcd, osullivanm, simon3, pdtempan, Tomaslj, Haulie, Ghreallaigh, TommyMc, GoldCircle, mrmikelennon, peterturner, obrien116, TommyV
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Longitude: -9.433285, Latitude: 53.53568 , Easting: 105018, Northing: 254905 Prominence: 352m,  Isolation: 4.5km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 504988 754926,   GPS IDs, 6 char: MntGbl, 10 char: MntGbl
Bedrock type: Schists, grits, metavolcanics, mylonitic, (Ben Levy Grit Formation)

Benlevy dominates the narrow neck of land between Lough Mask and Lough Corrib, on which Clonbur and Cong are situated. Walks: for a route to the summit from the SE, see Whilde & Simms, New Irish Walk Guide - West and North, 58-59.   Binn Shleibhe is the 862nd highest place in Ireland. Binn Shleibhe is the second most southerly summit and also the second most easterly in the Partry & Joyce area.

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Easily accessed hill with broad plateau having great views.
Short Summary created by simon3  28 May 2022
An obvious place to start is from Ballard, reached on a single track road at M072539 starA where there is parking for around 5 cars.. Proceed over the ladder style and follow the track uphill, grassy then boggy and some sections quite steep. The top is a long flattish ridge heading approximately East West with various cairns on minor knolls. The summit towards the western end is on a knoll with a trig pillar.
There are outstanding views in all directions such as towards the Maamturks to the west, Maumtrasna to the norrth and the two major lakes of the area: Lough Corrib to the south and Lough Mask, both of which have numerous islands. A particularly interesting view is of Lough Coolin which you can overlook from the NE of the ridge.
Total time up an down around 1h30 Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/758/comment/5517/
 
Sunset on the peak area - November 30th, 2019 .. by magnumpig   (Show all for Mount Gable (Binn Shleibhe))
 
Benlevy (Mount Gable) on 24.02.2012 .. by FilHil   (Show all for Mount Gable (Binn Shleibhe))
 
Mount Gable (Ben Levy on OSI Map) Did this wa .. by bruno   (Show all for Mount Gable (Binn Shleibhe))
 
Tremendous views of Lough Mask and Lough Corrib- .. by bruno   (Show all for Mount Gable (Binn Shleibhe))
 
A walker friendly hill. .. by paddyhillsbagger   (Show all for Mount Gable (Binn Shleibhe))
 
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