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Ben Crom

In or near Kilcoo.

Ben Crom — Named summit at 526 m.

Ben Crom

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About

Ben Crom is a mountain in ireland. (Mountain in Northern Ireland.) According to Wikipedia: "Ben Crom 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. 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."

Coordinates
54.1663, -5.9906

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