Garraun (Galway)

Not to be confused with Garraunbaun.
For other uses, see Garraun (disambiguation).

Garraun
The east faces of Garraun (left), and Benchoona (right), from across Lough Fee
Highest point
Elevation598 m (1,962 ft)[1]
Prominence553 m (1,814 ft)[1]
ListingMarilyn, Arderin
Coordinates53°35′05″N 9°51′45″W / 53.584858°N 9.862585°W / 53.584858; -9.862585[1]
Naming
Native nameMaolchnoc
English translationbald peak
Geography
Garraun is located in island of Ireland
Garraun
Garraun
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Galway, Ireland
Parent rangeTwelve Bens SAC
OSI/OSNI gridL7670861036
Topo mapOSi Discovery 37
Geology
Rock type(s)Schists, grits, metavolcanics, mylonitic Bedrock[1]

Garraun (Irish: Maolchnoc, meaning 'bald hill')[2] at 598 metres (1,962 ft), is the 224th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale,[3] however, while it is just short of the elevation threshold of 600-metres for other classifications (e.g. Vandeleur-Lynam, and Hewitt), it does have the prominence to be a Marilyn.[4][5] Garraun lies on an isolated massif near the mouth of Killary Harbour at the far north sector of the Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex Special Area of Conservation in the Connemara National Park in County Galway.[6] The southern slopes are a scenic backdrop to Kylemore Abbey and Kylemore Lough.[7][5]

  1. ^ a b c d "Garraun". MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
  3. ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m". MountainViews Online Database.
  4. ^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). "Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m". MountainViews Online Database.
  5. ^ a b Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dillon7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference phelan8 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).