Summit Register

Hewitt · Mayo, Ireland

Slieve Carr

721 m

2,365 ftDrop 648 mF 914 144

Finder: 13 Hewitts in Mayo

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSlieve Carr721Nephin Beg627Corranabinnia712Birreencorragh698Nephin806
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSlieve Carr721Nephin Beg627Corranabinnia712
Looking north, 5832 km wide, heights ×1921 (method).

Slieve Carr is a Hewitt of 721 m in Mayo. The key col lies 15.5 km away to the east, at 73 m.

Its drop of 648 m is 90% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 73 m above sea level. It shares its height of 721 m with Ben Stack, Ben Cleuch and Rhinog Fawr. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Ullscarf (723 m) and Rhinog Fawr (721 m). The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit721 mKey col73 mdrop 648 msea level
Key col G 061 095, 15.5 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

721 m38th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

648 m86th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

19.9 km65th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Nephin Beg4.6 km south-east
    627 m
  2. 2
    Corranabinnia11.4 km south
    712 m
  3. 3
    Birreencorragh14.5 km south-east
    698 m
  4. 4
    Nephin19.9 km east
    806 m
1234Nephin BegCorranabinniaNephinN10 km

Lists

  • 136th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 584th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Nephin, 806 m, 19.9 km east
Region
46B: Nephin Beg Range
OS map
23
Summit
Trig point on cairn
DoBIH no.
20080
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Slieve Carr

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