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See the credits and list definitions.Video displayTwelve Bens Area N: Doughruagh SubareaPlace count in area: 34, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, 44, EW-CON, MSW
Highest place:
Benbaun, 729mMaximum height for area: 729 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 684 metres,
Places in area Twelve Bens:
Cen: Lough Auna Hills:Cregg 297mTownaloughra East Top 216m
Cen: Polladirk:Bencullagh 632mMaumonght SW Top 454mDiamond Hill 442mKnockbrack 442mMaumonght 602m
E: Glencorbet:Benbaun 729mBenbrack 582mBenbaun 477mKnockpasheemore 412mBenfree 638mMuckanaght 654m
N: Doughruagh:Altnagaighera 549mBenchoona 581mBenchoona East Top 585mCurrywongaun 273mDoughruagh 526mDoughruagh South Top 525mGarraun 598mGarraun South Top 556mLetterettrin 333m
SE: Glencoaghan Loop:Bencollaghduff 696mBenglenisky 516mBenlettery 577mBencorr 711mBencorr North Top 690mBencorrbeg 577mBinn an tSaighdiúra 653mBenbreen 691mBenbreen Central Top 680mBenbreen North Top 674mDerryclare 677mBengower 664m
Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
(Ir. Binn Mhór [TR], 'big peak') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Binnion List, Greywacke sandstone, siltstone, mudstone Bedrock
Height: 333m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L79563 62022
Place visited by 34 members. Recently by: eeimly, oakesave, abbiew1001, TommyV, mountainmike, markmjcampion, paulbrown, OisinD, eamonoc, Fergalh, GSheehy, juliewoods, sandman, IainT, frankmc04I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)Longitude: -9.819744, Latitude: 53.594378 , Easting: 79563, Northing: 262022 Prominence: 268m, Isolation: 2.9km
ITM: 479539 762041 , GPS IDs, 6 char: Ltrtrn, 10 char: Leteretrin
Bedrock type: Greywacke sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, (Lettergesh Formation)
This hill is in the townland of Letterettrin / Leitir Eitreann, 'hillside of furrows' [TR], a name which is topographical in origin and may indeed be an alternative name for the same hill. Walks: for a route along the S shore of Killary Harbour, see Kevin Corcoran, West of Ireland Walks, 102-10. See Paddy Dillon, Connemara, for a similar walk (62-68) and also for a routes to the summit of Binn Mhór (57-61) and across Salrock Pass (69-73). Leitir Eitreann is the 1091th highest place in Ireland. Leitir Eitreann is the most northerly summit in the Twelve Bens area.
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