| Ben Crom | |
|---|---|
| Binn Chrom | |
Ben Crom mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 526 m (1,726 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 81 m (266 ft) [1] |
| Listing | Myrddyn Dewey |
| Coordinates | 54°09′58″N5°59′26″W / 54.166233°N 5.990448°W Coordinates: 54°09′58″N5°59′26″W / 54.166233°N 5.990448°W [1] |
| Naming | |
| Translation | curved/stooped peak(Irish) |
| Geography | |
  Ben Crom Location of Ben Crom within Northern Ireland | |
| Location | County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Parent range | Mournes |
| OSI/OSNI grid | J31300 26000 |
| Topo map | OSNI 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]
Irish is a Goidelic (Gaelic) language originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is spoken as a first language in substantial areas of counties Galway, Kerry, Cork and Donegal, smaller areas of Waterford, Mayo and Meath, and a few other locations, and as a second language by a larger group of non-habitual speakers across the country.
The Mourne Mountains, also called the Mournes or Mountains of Mourne, are a granite mountain range in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland. It includes the highest mountains in Northern Ireland and the province of Ulster. The highest of these is Slieve Donard at 850 m (2,790 ft). The Mournes is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has been proposed as the first national park in Northern Ireland. The area is partly owned by the National Trust and sees a large number of visitors every year. The name Mourne is derived from the name of a Gaelic clann or sept called the Múghdhorna.
County Down is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, in the northeast of the island of Ireland. It covers an area of 2,448 km2 and has a population of 531,665. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland and is within the province of Ulster. It borders County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west, and County Louth across Carlingford Lough to the southwest.
View of Ben Crom (centre), Silent Valley Reservoir (bottom) and Ben Crom Reservoir (top right) from Slievenaglogh. Slieve Bearnagh is in the top left of the photo.
The Silent Valley Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Mourne Mountains near Kilkeel, County Down in Northern Ireland. It supplies most of the water for County Down, surrounding counties and most of Belfast. It is owned and maintained by Northern Ireland Water Limited. The reservoir was built between 1923 and 1933 by a workforce of over one thousand men, nine of whom died.
Slieve Bearnagh is one of the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has a height of 739 metres (2,425 ft). Its summit is crowned by two groups of jagged tors with a gap between them, giving it a distinctive shape. The Mourne Wall crosses the summit of Slieve Bearnagh east to west. Paths lead to the cols on either side of the mountain, namely Pollaphuca to the west and Hare's Gap to the east. From the latter, one can also descend southwards to the head of the Ben Crom reservoir.
