Furth Munro

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A Furth Munro is a mountain of over 3,000 feet in the British Isles outside Scotland.

Scotland has a wealth of mountains over 3,000 feet, which are termed Munros after Sir Hugh Munro, 4th Baronet (1856–1919), who produced the first Munros Tables in 1891, which tables are maintained and revised as necessarily by the Scottish Mountaineering Club.

The Scottish Mountaineering Club recognises thirty-four peaks which would be Munros or Munro Tops if they had had the good fortune to be in Scotland. These theerfore are "the Munros furth of Scotland",[1] and known as "Furth Munroes".

The highest of the Furth Munros is Snowdon in Caernarfonshire.

Of the "Furths":

List of the Furth Munros

No. Hill Height County
1 Snowdon 3,560 ft Caernarfonshire
2 Garnedd Ugain 3,494 ft Caernarfonshire
3 Carnedd Llewelyn 3,491 ft Caernarfonshire
4 Carnedd Dafydd 3,425 ft Caernarfonshire
5 Carrauntoohil 3,406 ft Co Kerry
6 Beenkeragh 3,314 ft Co Kerry
7 Glyder Fawr 3,284 ft Caernarfonshire
8 Caher 3,284 ft Co Kerry
9 Glyder Fach 3,261 ft Caernarfonshire
10 Knocknapeasta 3,241 ft Co Kerry
11 Scafell Pike 3,209 ft Cumberland
12 Pen yr Ole Wen 3,209 ft Caernarfonshire
13 Foel Grach 3,205 ft Caernarfonshire
14 Caher West Top 3,199 ft Co Kerry
15 Maolán Buí 3,192 ft Co Kerry
16 Scafell 3,163 ft Cumberland
17 Yr Elen 3,156 ft Caernarfonshire
18 Knockoughter 3,146 ft Co Kerry
19 Cnoc an Chuillinn 3,143 ft Co Kerry
20 Brandon Mountain 3,127 ft Co Kerry
21 Helvellyn 3,117 ft Cumberland, Westmorland
22 Y Garn, Glyderau 3,107 ft Caernarfonshire
23 Foel-fras 3,091 ft Caernarfonshire
24 Ill Crag 3,068 ft Cumberland
25 Broad Crag 3,064 ft Cumberland
26 Skiddaw 3,054 ft Cumberland
27 Carnedd Gwenllian 3,038 ft Caernarfonshire
28 Elidir Fawr 3,031 ft Caernarfonshire
29 Crib Goch 3,028 ft Caernarfonshire
30 Tryfan 3,010 ft Caernarfonshire
31 The Big Gun 3,081 ft Co Kerry
32 Cruach Mhór 3,058 ft Co Kerry
33 Lugnaquilla 3,035 ft Co Wicklow
34 Galtymore 3,015 ft Co Limerick / Co Tipperary

References

  1. Bearhop, D.A. (1997). Munro's Tables. Scottish Mountaineering Club & Trust. ISBN 0-907521-53-3.