Summit Register

Hewitt · Kerry, Ireland

Brandon Peak

839 m

Barr an Ghearain

2,753 ftDrop 178 mQ 472 094

Finder: 25 Hewitts in Kerry

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBrandon Peak839Brandon Mountain951.7Ballysitteragh622Slievanea670.7Banoge Mountain641.6
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBrandon Peak839Brandon Mountain951.7Ballysitteragh622
Looking north, 2611 km wide, heights ×76 (method).

Brandon Peak is a Hewitt of 839 m in Kerry. Only eight of the register's Ireland hills are higher.

It sits below Brandon Mountain, only 2.4 km to the north-west and 112.7 m higher. It is one of only three register hills in the Dingle Peninsula - W of Dingle region, with Brandon Mountain and Ballysitteragh. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Crag Hill (839.2 m) and Mangerton Mountain (838.2 m). The higher hill nearest to it, Brandon Mountain, is a 3,000 ft mountain, 2.4 km to the north-west. Its other name is Barr an Ghearain.

To scale

Summit839 mKey col661 msea level
Key col Q 469 100, 0.7 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

839 m9th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

178 m759th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.4 km693rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Brandon Mountain2.4 km north-west
    951.7 m
  2. 2
    Ballysitteragh3.9 km south
    622 m
  3. 3
    Slievanea5.4 km south-east
    670.7 m
  4. 4
    Banoge Mountain8.9 km south-east
    641.6 m
1234Brandon MountainBallysitteraghBanoge MountainN5 km

Lists

  • 45th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 340th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Brandon Mountain, 951.7 m, 2.4 km north-west
Region
49A: Dingle Peninsula - W of Dingle
OS map
70
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
20021
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Brandon Peak

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