Ben Lugmore

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Ben Lugmore
Binn Log Mhór
Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates53°38′34″N 9°47′51″W / 53.64278°N 9.79750°W / 53.64278; -9.79750[1]
Naming
English translationpeak of the big hollow
Language of nameIrish
Geography
LocationCounty Mayo, Ireland
Parent rangeMweelrea
OSI/OSNI gridL8117367379
Topo mapOSi Discovery 37
Geology
Type of rockSandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite bedrock.[1]
Climbing
Normal routevia The Ramp in the Irish: Coum Dubh

Ben Lugmore (

Doo Lough, in County Mayo.[6]

The peak is noted for its long summit ridge that forms a deep cliff-lined headwall around the corrie of Lug More (Irish: Coum Dubh); the corrie includes a feature known as The Ramp that climbers use to access the summit ridge, as well as rock climbs and winter ice climbs.[6] While the peak can be accessed via a 3-hour walk from the corrie below, it is also summited by way of the 6-7 hour Mweelrea Horseshoe, described as a "top three" mountain walk in Ireland.[7][8]

Naming

Irish academic Paul Tempan lists Ben Lugmore as an anglicisation of the Irish: Binn Log Mhór that translates as "peak of the big hollow", and which describes the deep corrie on Lugmore's northeast face called Lug More (split into two words).[2] Patrick Weston Joyce chronicled that the term Lugmore, which he translated as "Great Hollow", appears in several other Irish placenames;[9] and there are several entries in the Placenames Database of Ireland.[10]

Geology

Ben Lugmore's geology is what is known as the

alluvial fans, and distally‐equivalent alluvial plains and delta fans. Interbedded with these sandstones are tufts, being ash deposits from Ordovician period volcanos.[11][12]

Geography

The peak of Ben Lugmore lies on the northern arm of the horseshoe that forms the

Doo Lough to the north; Mweelrea, the provincial top for Connacht, lies near the apex of this horseshoe.[8][7]

Ben Lugmore is described as having a small sharp "airy" summit which lies on a high narrow southeast to northwest ridge that links with

Hewitt, and Ben Lugmore East Top at 790 metres (2,590 ft), whose prominence of 37 metres (121 ft) also qualifies it as a Vandeleur-Lynam and a Hewitt.[5] From a distance, Ben Lugmore's profile is that of a long and high sharp ridge, along which its various summits (main and subsidiary) are dotted.[13]

Northeast of Ben Lugmore's ridge are the cliffs of the deep corrie of Lug More (also called Irish: Coum Dubh), which itself looks into the small valley of Glencullin at the junction of Doo Lough and Glencullin Lough.

Lough Bellawaum.[13]

Ben Lugmore's own prominence of 158 metres (518 ft) qualifies it as a

MountainViews Online Database 100 Highest Irish Mountains, where the minimum prominence threshold is 100 metres.[5][14] The peak is listed as the 29th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[3] and the 37th-highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[4][5]

Recreation

Hill walking

The most direct route to the summit of Ben Lugmore is the 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) 3-hour round trip via the Lug More (or Irish: Coum Dubh) corrie and the valley of Glen Glencullin.[6] A notable feature known as The Ramp is used, which crosses the headwall of this corrie at mid-way, from east to west in an upward slope; reaching the ridge of Ben Lugmore at a col with Ben Bury. While this route is direct, caution is advised in properly finding The Ramp, as the corrie has extensive cliffs.[13] This route can also be extended into a 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) 6-hour round-trip that takes in the additional summits of Ben Bury and Mweelrea as well.[13]

Ben Lugmore is also climbed as part of the 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) 6-7 hour Mweelrea Horseshoe (being the 2nd-highest peak on the route), which is described in Ireland's Best Walks (2014), as being one of the "top three" mountain walks in Ireland.[7][8] The circuit starts and ends at the Delphi Mountain Resort, and takes in all the peaks of the massif of Mweelrea, including Ben Lugmore (and its subsidiary peaks), Ben Bury, Mweelrea and the Mweelrea SE Spur (marked as point 495-metres in the OS map).[8][7]

Rock climbing

Ben Lugmore's high northeastern cliffs that form the upper headwall of the Lug More (or Irish: Coum Dubh) corrie (situated above The Ramp), are a noted rock-climbing venue with multi-pitch mountain rock-climbs with grades varying from Diff (D) to Moderate Severe (MS), and length ranging from 35–70 metres (115–230 ft).[15] Some of the first ascents date from the mid 1950s, and they often follow chimneys and gullies between Ben Lugmore's various subsidiary peaks.[8][15][16]

More serious modern rock climbing routes are located at the edge of the southern entrance to the corrie (marked as Askaneeraun on the OS Maps), at the Doo Lough Crags (marked Teevaree Rocks on the OS Maps).

conglomerate rock, with rock climbing grades in the range of VS (Very Severe) to E2 (Extreme, level 2), and well regarded climbs of Bragela's Watch (100 metres (330 ft), E1), Red Dawn (25 metres (82 ft), E2 5c), and Letter to Breshnev (30 metres (98 ft), E3/4 6a); most of the best routes were developed in the late 1980s to early 1990s.[16][17]

Winter climbing

The Lug More (or Irish: Coum Dubh) corrie also has a number of winter climbs, the most notable of which is Recession Gully (Grade II/III, 400 metres (1,300 ft)).[16][18]

Gallery

  • Mweelrea (back left), and Ben Lugmore (centre), viewed from the east on the summit of Ben Gorm
    Mweelrea (back left), and Ben Lugmore (centre), viewed from the east on the summit of Ben Gorm
  • Northeast face of Ben Lugmore, and Lug More corrie, with The Ramp (green, in sunlight) crossing it, viewed from east spur of Ben Lugmore
    Northeast face of Ben Lugmore, and Lug More corrie, with The Ramp (green, in sunlight) crossing it, viewed from east spur of Ben Lugmore
  • Full ridge of Ben Lugmore and Lug More corrie, viewed from across Doo Lough, on Barrclashcame
    Full ridge of Ben Lugmore and Lug More corrie, viewed from across Doo Lough, on Barrclashcame
  • Ben Lugmore West Top, and Ben Bury (back right), viewed from Ben Lugmore
    Ben Lugmore West Top, and
    Ben Bury
    (back right), viewed from Ben Lugmore
  • Ben Lugmore southwest face, viewed from the Glenconnelly valley
    Ben Lugmore southwest face, viewed from the Glenconnelly valley

See also

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References

  1. ^
    MountainViews Online Database
    . Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
  3. ^
    MountainViews Online Database
    .
  4. ^
    MountainViews Online Database
    .
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0002201216
    .
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-1848892118
    . Route 29: Mweelrea
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-1852841102
    . Walk 53: Mweelrea, Ben Bury, Ben Lugmore
  9. ISBN 978-1113859303
    . Lugmore
  10. ^ "An Log Mór : Lugmore". Placenames Database of Ireland (Logainm). Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  11. doi:10.1002/gj.3350190206
    .
  12. ^ David M. Williams (1984). The geology around Killary harbour, Co. Galway : Field Series No. 3 (PDF). The Irish Geological Association.
  13. ^
    ISBN 978-1848891029
    . Walk 27: Mweelrea
  14. MountainViews Online Database
    . September 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Mweelrea: Coum Dubh Location". Irish Climbing Wiki. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  16. ^
    ISBN 978-1848893177
    . Route 20. Mweelrea: Ben Bury via Glencullin Ridge
  17. ^ a b "Doo Lough Crags: Upper Crag and Lower Crag". Irish Climbing Wiki. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Winter climbing Connemara/South Mayo group". Irish Climbing Wiki. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

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