Ben Crom

Ben Crom
Binn Chrom
Ben Crom mountain
Highest point
Elevation526 m (1,726 ft)[1]
Prominence81 m (266 ft)[1]
ListingMyrddyn Dewey
Coordinates54°09′58″N 5°59′26″W / 54.166233°N 5.990448°W / 54.166233; -5.990448[1]
Naming
English translationcurved/stooped peak
Language of nameIrish
Geography
Location of Ben Crom within Northern Ireland
Location of Ben Crom within Northern Ireland
Ben Crom
Location of Ben Crom within Northern Ireland
LocationCounty Down, Northern Ireland
Parent rangeMournes
OSI/OSNI gridJ31300 26000
Topo mapOSNI Discoverer 29

Ben Crom (from Irish Binn Chrom, meaning 'curved/stooped peak') is a 526 metres (1,726 ft) mountain in the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated beside Ben Crom Reservoir, which is upstream from Silent Valley Reservoir. The mountain is composed of granite.[1][2] An exposed area on the south west of the mountain shows where the Eocene aplitic granite meets the laccolith top of the older Mesozoic granite ring dike. The summit of the mountain features granite crags which are crossed by basic and feldspar porphyry dikes. The mountain is used for sheep grazing and hill walking.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mourne Mountains Area - Ben Crom". Mountain Views. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Emyr Estyn (1967). Mourne Country: Landscape and Life in South Down. Dundalgan P. p. 38.
  3. ^ "Mournes - Ben Crom". Habitats.org.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2014.


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