Summit Register

Marilyn · Kerry, Ireland

Carran

604 m

1,982 ftDrop 240 mW 052 678

Finder: 27 Marilyns in Kerry

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarran604Knocknamanagh637Knockboy704.8Mangerton Mountain838.2Crohane655
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCarran604Knocknamanagh637Knockboy704.8
Looking north, 4421 km wide, heights ×1113 (method).

Carran is a Marilyn of 604 m in Kerry. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Mangerton Mountain at 838.2 m.

Only three of the 104 hills profiled in Ireland are lower. It is the lowest of the five register hills in the Shehy Mountains region, where Mangerton Mountain is highest. Its nearest higher summit, Gullaba Hill (625 m, 5.1 km west), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit604 mKey col364 msea level
Key col W 039 651, 3.0 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

604 m101st highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

240 m563rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.1 km324th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Knocknamanagh6.4 km west
    637 m
  2. 2
    Knockboy7.5 km south-west
    704.8 m
  3. 3
    Mangerton Mountain14.8 km north-west
    838.2 m
  4. 4
    Crohane15.1 km north
    655 m
1234KnockboyCrohaneN5 km

Lists

  • 862nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Gullaba Hill, 625 m, 5.1 km west
Region
52A: Shehy Mountains
OS map
85
Summit
Cairn on huge cairn
DoBIH no.
20215
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Carran

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