Gorgeous to look at, An Bheann Mhór also is a superb viewpoint at the top with extensive views over Kenmare River, coast, islands, the Caha Mountains and then much of the southern Dunkerrons on Iveragh.

One place to start is from the west at the forestry entrance V63607 65227 A (Esknaloughoge Forest Trailhead) from where you can walk onto the ridge via mobile phone masts.

Although the linear distance is not very great the land along the ridge to the summit is extremely rough with large slabs of rock which are hidden until you reach them requiring detours followed by crossings of wet boggy land.

Allow 2.5 hours for a return trip. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/951/comment/5710/

Park at around V 635 651 B, at the start of forestry tracks on the N70. The tracks marked on OSI Sheet 84 4th Edition are pretty accurate, for once. So follow the one from where you have parked all the way to V643 647 C. Here there is a small transmitter, go round the side, cross a fence and you are on the ridge of An Bheinn Mhor, between pt222 and pt207.

Now that was the easy part, the next section is just plain awkward in anything but good weather. Follow the fence for a while, along this ridge, with the usual heather, deep grass and furze you encounter on lower hills. Soon you encounter some mild benching, which requires a bit of negotiating (after pt222) and again after this. This made for slow progress, as the rain showers had left the rock wet and greasy. If you look at the photo I took at Sneem from the bridge, it gives a hint at what the ground is like.

This was the last hill of a day of 3 MV tops, and I just made the summit in time for the arrival of more rain and wind, magic! (there is a short steeper section just before the summit) Made sure of the visiting the spot height, but marked a possible higher point at V 65509 64627 D, would the next visiter care to check this out?

The views were splendid, though I didn't hang around long as I wanted to get back past the rough bits before I was enveloped in the advancing gloom. Nothing like the thought of sprockiling about on wet greasy rock in the dark with wind driven rain to focus the mind and spur you on to that first tasty pint in Sneem! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/951/comment/6559/

A cautionary me set out for this hill after reading previous comments. walk to masts no problem, from mast on a clear
day summit visible about 2km distant, the initial ground met after leaving the mast was a bit unsavoury with many pitfalls for
weary hikers, after about 300mts the difficulties abate and some rough ground leads to the top. Fine views abound here, retraced
upward route back to masts, took just short of 2hrs to complete. Worth a try if you must . Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/951/comment/23835/