Cruach Mhór
| Cruach Mhór | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°59′09″N 9°39′41″W / 51.9858°N 9.6615°W |
| Geography | |
  Cruach Mhór Ireland | |
| Location | OSI Discovery 78 |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Well-bedded grey sandstone Bedrock |
Cruach Mhór (Irish for "big stack"),[2] at 932 metres (3,058 ft) high, is the tenth-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the eleventh-highest peak in Ireland according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. A distinctive square grotto marks the summit. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry.
Geography
Cruach Mhór is at the far eastern section of
Beenkeragh Ridge).[4] The Macgillycuddy's Reeks Ridge Walk continues along this ridge to Maolán Buí 973 metres (3,192 ft) and on to Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain.[5]
Just over 3 km to the east-northeast of Cruach Mhór, across a sharp notch, is the lesser peak of Cnoc an Bhráca 731 metres (2,398 ft). There is a lower peak to the east of Cruach Mhór known as Cruach Bheag ("little stack").[2][5]
On the summit of Cruach Mhór is a stone grotto built by a local farmer who hauled up the cement on his back, and its small statue is changed every year. The square structure, which sits on the exact summit, is visible from a distance.[6]
Cruach Mhór is the
Irish Munros.[9]
Cnoc na Peiste, to The Big Gun (r), and on to Cruach Mhor (l), whose grotto
is visible at its summit.Cruach Mhór's prominence qualifies it to meet the
MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, as the prominence threshold is over 100 m (328 ft).[10]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cruach Mhór.
- Lists of mountains in Ireland
- List of mountains of the British Isles by height
- List of Furth mountains in the British Isles
References
- ^ a b Cruach Mhór at mountainviews.ie. Accessed on 6 Feb 2013.
- ^ a b Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
- ^ Con Moriarty (2018). "The Ridge of the Reeks". Hidden Ireland Tours.
Simply, the finest mountain traverse in Ireland with 7 summits over 3000 ft. From Kate Kearney's Cottage, in the Gap of Dunloe, to Doire na Féinne and Loch a' Chúis
- Irish Times.
Intimidating looking pinnacles now bar the way to the Big Gun, but generally the handholds are sound and surprisingly quickly you will be standing on the tiny summit. Regarded as the most difficult to reach of Ireland's major mountaintops, it offers the comforting thought that the crux of the route is now behind.
- ^ ISBN 978-1905172337.
- MountainViews Online Database.
The grotto on Cruach Mhor. This was built by a local farmer who dragged the cement, sand and water up from his home in the valley on his back! An act of devotion or madness? Madness actually as I was told the poor man ended up in St Brendan's lunatic asylum in Killarney. The statue is usually shattered by winter weather but someone still replaces it with a new one every year.
- ^ Database of British and Irish Hills.
- ^ Mountains – Key Facts. The Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds & Furths Archived 2012-12-04 at the Wayback Machine at www.smc.org.uk. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
- ^ "Hill Lists: Furths". Scottish Mountaineering Club. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
The list of peaks of 3000ft or more within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland outside (furth) of Scotland. There are currently 34 Furths.
- ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
External links
- MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website
- MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
- The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
- Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH
- Ordnance Survey Ireland ("OSI") Online Map Viewer
- Logainm: Placenames Database of Ireland
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