Binn Dubh

Bencollaghduff
Binn Dubh

Bencollaghduff is the second mountain from the left
Elevation 696 m (2,283 ft)[1]
Prominence 202 m (663 ft)[2]
Listing Marilyn, Hewitt
Translation black mountain (Irish)
Location
Bencollaghduff

Ireland

Location Galway, Ireland
Range Twelve Bens
Coordinates 53°30′48.23″N 9°48′46.08″W / 53.5133972°N 9.8128000°WCoordinates: 53°30′48.23″N 9°48′46.08″W / 53.5133972°N 9.8128000°W[1]

Bencollaghduff (Irish: Binn Dubh, meaning "Black mountain" [3] ) is a mountain in Galway, Ireland. With a height of 696 metres it is the third highest mountain in the Twelve Bens after Benbaun and Bencorr.

Access to the summit

The Bencollaghduff is located along the ridge which connects Bencorr (SE) and Benbaun (NW). It can be reached by a long rocky slope; a cairn stands on its summit.[3]

Conservation

The mountain, along with Twelve Bens range, is part of the Connemara National Park.

In literature

The Irish novelist Joseph O'Connor in his awards winner novel Star of the Sea cites the quarzite shale on the slopes of Bencollaghduff.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Twelve Bens Area". MountainViews. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bencollaghduff, Ireland". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Paddy Dillon (2013). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone Press Limited. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Joseph O'Connor (2004). Star of the Sea. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.