Summit Register

Hewitt · Mayo, Ireland

Ben Gorm

699 m

2,293 ftDrop 619 mL 861 652

Finder: 13 Hewitts in Mayo

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Gorm699Barrclashcame773Ben Lugmore803Devilsmother645Leenaun Hill616
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Gorm699Barrclashcame773Ben Lugmore803
Looking north, 1715 km wide, heights ×610 (method).

Ben Gorm is a Hewitt of 699 m in Mayo. Its drop of 619 m is 89% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 80 m above sea level.

It is the lowest of the five register hills in the South Mayo and Central Galway region, where Mweelrea is highest. Its nearest higher summit, Tievummera – Trig Point (759.6 m, 4.2 km north), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit699 mKey col80 mdrop 619 msea level
Key col L 887 673, 3.3 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

699 m46th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

619 m105th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.2 km410th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Barrclashcame4.4 km north
    773 m
  2. 2
    Ben Lugmore5.4 km west
    803 m
  3. 3
    Devilsmother6.0 km south-east
    645 m
  4. 4
    Leenaun Hill6.0 km south
    616 m
1234BarrclashcameBen LugmoreDevilsmotherLeenaun HillN2 km

Lists

  • 162nd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 642nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Tievummera – Trig Point, 759.6 m, 4.2 km north
Region
47A: South Mayo and Central Galway
OS map
37
Summit
Rock 8m SE of cairn
DoBIH no.
20094
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Ben Gorm

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures