Benleagh | |
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Binn Liath | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 689 m (2,260 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 24 m (79 ft) [1] |
Listing | Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 52°59′19″N 6°27′15″W / 52.98861°N 6.45417°W |
Naming | |
English translation | grey peak |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | Wicklow, Ireland |
Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
OSI/OSNI grid | T038941 [1] |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 56 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Aphyric granodiorite Bedrock [1] |
Benleagh ( Irish: Binn Liath, meaning "Grey Peak") [2] at 689 metres (2,260 ft), does not have the prominence to qualify as an Arderin, [3] but its prominence does allow it to rank as the 125th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. [4] [5] Benlagh is situated in the southern sector of the Wicklow Mountains, and is part of the large massif of Lugnaquilla 925 metres (3,035 ft), Wicklow's highest mountain. [6]
Benleagh's southern flank forms the steep walls and cliffs of the hanging valley of Fraughan Rock Glen, which then falls into the U-shaped valley of Glenmalure below; Benleagh forms a "horseshoe" around the Fraughan Rock Glen with Lugnaquillia at its apex and Cloghernagh 800 metres (2,600 ft), to the south. [7] Benleagh also sits on a broad "spine" that links Lugnaquilla in the south, to Camenabologue and Table Mountain to the north, which circle the Glen of Imaal. [6] [8]
Walk 10: Ballineddan Mountain, Slievemaan, Lugnaquillia, Camenabologue East Top, Camenabologue
Route 65: Lugnaquilla
Benleagh | |
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Binn Liath | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 689 m (2,260 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 24 m (79 ft) [1] |
Listing | Vandeleur-Lynam |
Coordinates | 52°59′19″N 6°27′15″W / 52.98861°N 6.45417°W |
Naming | |
English translation | grey peak |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
Location | Wicklow, Ireland |
Parent range | Wicklow Mountains |
OSI/OSNI grid | T038941 [1] |
Topo map | OSi Discovery 56 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Aphyric granodiorite Bedrock [1] |
Benleagh ( Irish: Binn Liath, meaning "Grey Peak") [2] at 689 metres (2,260 ft), does not have the prominence to qualify as an Arderin, [3] but its prominence does allow it to rank as the 125th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. [4] [5] Benlagh is situated in the southern sector of the Wicklow Mountains, and is part of the large massif of Lugnaquilla 925 metres (3,035 ft), Wicklow's highest mountain. [6]
Benleagh's southern flank forms the steep walls and cliffs of the hanging valley of Fraughan Rock Glen, which then falls into the U-shaped valley of Glenmalure below; Benleagh forms a "horseshoe" around the Fraughan Rock Glen with Lugnaquillia at its apex and Cloghernagh 800 metres (2,600 ft), to the south. [7] Benleagh also sits on a broad "spine" that links Lugnaquilla in the south, to Camenabologue and Table Mountain to the north, which circle the Glen of Imaal. [6] [8]
Walk 10: Ballineddan Mountain, Slievemaan, Lugnaquillia, Camenabologue East Top, Camenabologue
Route 65: Lugnaquilla