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| Name: | Benbaun |
| Hill number: | 20076 |
| Height: | 729m / 2392ft |
| RHB Section: | 47B: The Twelve Bens |
| County/UA: | Galway |
| County (CoH): | Galway (CoH) |
| Hill area: | Twelve Bens |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Historic County Top, Current County/UA Top, Dillon, Vandeleur-Lynam, Arderin (Ma,Hu,Sim,Hew,CoH,CoU,Dil,VL,A,P600,P500) |
| Grid ref: | L 78558 53904 |
| Summit feature: | fractured trig point base |
| Drop: | 686m |
| Col: | 43m L802572  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 37 |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 58 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Hiked up to benbaun from Kylemore and then onto benfree muckanaght bencullagh and maumonght finishing at public roadway south of maumonght | Danny Devlin | 23/05/2022 |
| from Barnanaraun, through forest to 770516, then gained ground steadily up to col at 787531, and up the S ridge. First top of round of Benbaun, Ben Free, Muckanacht and Bencullagh. | IanHHill | 01/05/2022 |
| Benbaun and Benfree from Glen Corbet. Benbaun in particular feels a much bigger mountain than its actual height. Steep ascents, on rock from the corrie onwards, and on grass returning from Benfree. The summits were in cloud until a strong south-westerly breeze parted the cloud like theatre curtains on the summit of Benfree, revealing a series of brief glimpses of the other Twelve Pins and a watery landscape seeming to merge and emerge from the sky. | Nick Down1 | 17/07/2018 |
| From the lane off the R344 in Glencorbet. Headed south west and then south to the col. Took 4 hours 45 minutes taking it easy with GB. | bolton | 12/09/2014 |
| Small parking area by two bungalows at end of tarmac lane off R344 (L79622 57343) - South along stony track & across ford to bend in track near farm building - Followed path around farm & then SSE up trackless hillside to ridge - SSW on path up ridge to remains of trig point on summit. (PM) | gerrybowes | 12/09/2014 |
| A splendid walk | Gill | 03/09/2014 |
| Bailed out of a climb on Seventh Heaven and went for this instead due to the bad weather. | Roen | 29/02/2012 |
| Really wet day so abandoned idea of 12 Bens and did 1 Ben. Climbed from road directly to East of hill. Rain eased but no view. Enjoyed sense of being way up but seeing not a thing | nickywood1 | 10/05/2011 |
| we started at the quarry about L747 514. Then sogged our way through the forest and all along bottom of valley. We started to climb the Ben Dubh side of Ben B which wasnt r original plan but looked easiest from close up. Very difficult climb! Very scary a | Audi-Anne | 04/08/2009 |
| Highest point on the 12 Bans and part of a Northern W-E traverse | Rhayader_wander | 03/08/2004 |
| fine rough hill, stony summit. acw circuit from bridge 841651 | RHW | 05/06/2004 |
| fa, group ml assessment 3 day expedition over these tops to a wild camp | rum doodle | 29/10/1997 |
| Climbed Benbaun as part of a traverse of the Twelve Bens from Ben Lettery to Ben Cullagh. The top is a beautiful vantage for views across to the Maamturks and Mweelrea to the east and north. | Harry Goodman | 04/05/1996 |
| With Mike and Nicky | kindpercy | 04/08/1987 |
| Learykid | 23/04/2022 | |
| richtea5040 | 07/05/2019 | |
| David-Guenot | 09/02/2019 | |
| Onzy | 10/11/2017 | |
| Stonecold | 25/07/2015 | |
| Fergalh | 14/06/2015 | |
| interloper | 18/07/2014 | |
| Fletch | 18/07/2014 | |
| try9fan | 17/06/2014 | |
| davefh | 04/07/2013 | |
| mae | 02/04/2012 | |
| glenlecky | 14/09/2010 | |
| jimbloomer | 14/06/2010 | |
| Kiltie | 14/06/2010 | |
| Colin Crawford | 17/09/2009 | |
| N.Morters | 10/08/2008 | |
| neilsan | 24/05/2007 | |
| chalky1953 | 16/04/2007 | |
| GaryJones | 01/04/2007 | |
| David Purchase | 02/09/2005 | |
| SDillmore | 03/08/2005 | |
| casrev75 | 25/03/2005 | |
| Martin R | 08/09/2004 | |
| Sherlock | 29/05/2003 | |
| AndyS | 27/05/2003 | |
| bryanmccabe | 01/01/2001 | |
| roscorrocket | 12/08/2000 | |
| Chris Terrey | 07/09/1999 | |
| GordonAdshead | 00/05/1998 | |
| salen | 10/04/1997 | |
| hughbagger | 07/08/1996 | |
| Idwal | 15/07/1996 | |
| borderline | 07/10/1995 | |
| PN_Runner | 16/04/1995 | |
| Topographer57 | 14/08/1994 | |
| Owen B | 19/07/1991 |