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Name:Binn an Choire [Bencorr]
Hill number:20086
Height:711m / 2333ft
RHB Section:47B: The Twelve Bens
County/UA:Galway
Hill area:Twelve Bens
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Dillon,
Vandeleur-Lynam, Arderin
(Ma,Hu,Sim,Hew,Dil,VL,A)
Grid ref:L811522 (est)
Drop:305m
Col:406m  L788531  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 37
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 54 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Glencoaghan Horseshoesimonshrewsbury16/03/2023
Derryclare Bencorr Bencollaghduff Benbreen North Benbreen Central Benbreen BengowerDanny Devlin24/05/2022
Full Horseshoe 8/9 (Ben Lettery/Ben Gower/Ben Breen/Ben Breen Central Top/Ben Breen North Top/Bencollaghduff/Ben Chorr North Top/Ben Chorr/Derryclare)Fergalh12/06/2018
Ascent of Binn Doire Chlair and Binn an Choire, from Lough Inaghmavero1001/06/2018
Hardest part was the descent to col before Ben Collaghduff.IanHHill25/09/2017
With Damian & Dominic Lavery.Dangerous Dave23/08/2013
4 in party, mist and heavy rain at times, 9.2 miles, glengoaghan horse shoe walk, starting with derryclare, and going in an anti clockwise direction, mam na bhfonsai can be hard to locate in bad vis, some scrambling in places with one good section of scrambling up bengower towards the end, with a descent in the drk to the yh and back along the road to our car. fantastic route in good weather, in poor can be testing! USE HARVEYS CONNEMARA MAP!rum doodle 15/04/2006
fine rocky summit (cloud & rain). a/c/w horseshoe from E of YH RHW01/05/2005
High point on the more southern E-W traverse in this area nice rocky summitsRhayader_wander02/08/2004
Galltywenallt12/05/2000
Galltywenallt26/09/1992
With Mike and Nickykindpercy03/08/1987
Scott Morley 8629/05/2023
TeamMoo24/05/2023
Learykid16/09/2022
Kendall19/03/2018
Onzy10/11/2017
jimclinch13/08/2017
neilsan03/09/2013
Stonecold01/01/2013
mae03/04/2012
Colin Crawford17/09/2009
try9fan08/07/2008
Sherlock14/06/2008
chalky195317/04/2007
David-Guenot20/09/2005
Martin R07/09/2004
casrev7512/06/2004
AndyS29/05/2003
Jim.Fothergill12/09/2002
roscorrocket02/08/2002
bryanmccabe01/01/2001
psychocrawler01/01/2000
GordonAdshead00/05/1998
Alison R15/05/1997
hughbagger05/08/1996
borderline07/10/1995
PN_Runner16/04/1995
GaryJones01/07/1993
BrianJ02/06/1992
Idwal29/07/1991
Clive G03/07/1991
Chris Terrey 01/05/1991
Smudge01/02/1991
IainT17/11/1990
JohnG88819/08/1990
Rob Rees08/08/1990
Kiltie31/05/1985
Alan Moore21/03/1981
Sunhat14/04/1974