Summit Register

Hewitt · Mayo, Ireland

Nephin Beg

627 m

2,057 ftDrop 364 mF 931 102

Finder: 13 Hewitts in Mayo

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmNephin Beg627Slieve Carr721Corranabinnia712Birreencorragh698Nephin806
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmNephin Beg627Slieve Carr721Corranabinnia712
Looking north, 5021 km wide, heights ×1616 (method).

Nephin Beg is a Hewitt of 627 m in Mayo. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Nephin at 806 m.

It shares its height of 627 m with Mullaghaneany. It is the lowest of the five register hills in the Nephin Beg Range region, where Nephin is highest. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Yewbarrow (628.7 m) and Mullaghaneany (627 m).

To scale

Summit627 mKey col263 mdrop 364 msea level
Key col F 931 116, 1.4 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

627 m93rd highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

364 m329th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.6 km366th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Slieve Carr4.6 km north-west
    721 m
  2. 2
    Corranabinnia7.6 km south
    712 m
  3. 3
    Birreencorragh10.6 km south-east
    698 m
  4. 4
    Nephin17.2 km east
    806 m
1234Slieve CarrCorranabinniaNephinN5 km

Lists

  • 259th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 810th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Slieve Carr, 721 m, 4.6 km north-west
Region
46B: Nephin Beg Range
OS map
23
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
20197
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Nephin Beg

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