Bencorr

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Bencorr
County Galway

Bencorr from across Lough Inagh
Range: Twelve Bens
Summit: 2,333 feet L81175220

Bencorr is a mountain amongst the Twelve Bens in Connemara, County Galway.

Bencorr reaches a height of 2,333 feet. It is the second-highest mountain in the Twelve Bens and of all County Galway, overtopped only by Benbaun.

The name is form the Irish language: Binn Chorr means "Pointed Peak".

The writer and cartographer Tim Robinson gave this mountain the alternative name of Binn an Choire Mhóir or peak of the big corrie.

References

Bencorr on MountainViews.ie