Bencorr

An alternative name for the mountain is Binn an Choire Mhóir, meaning "peak of the big corrie". Binn an tSaighdiúra, the "peak of the soldier", is said to have acquired its name after a sapper working for the Ordnance Survey fell to his death here. == Geography ==

Bencorr sits on its own mini-massif and is linked by a short high rocky north-eastern ridge to Bencorr North Top at , which gives Bencorr the profile of a "double summit" when viewed from a distance. One of Bencorr's more distinctive features is its long rocky north-easterly spur, known as Carrot Ridge (), on which sits the subsidiary peaks of Binn an tSaighdiúra (whose prominence of only eight metres, making it an easy peak to miss), and at the far end of the spur, Bencorrbeg . == Hill walking ==

The most straightforward route to climb Bencorr either via the pass of Maumina by walking up the Gleninagh valley, or by staying on higher ground by first climbing Bencorrbeg and then traversing Carrot Ridge to the summit; both routes total over 9-kilometres and 4–5 hours of walking. Bencorr is also climbed as part of the popular 16–kilometre, 8–9 hour Glencoaghan Horseshoe, considered one of the best ridge walks in Ireland. Bencorr is also climbed as part of the Gleninagh Horseshoe, a 15–kilometre, 8–9 hour route around the Gleninagh River usually done counter-clockwise starting at Knockpasheemore and ending at Bencorrbeg; ==Rock climbing==

Bencorr's northeast rocky spur, Carrot Ridge, is an important rock-climbing venue in Connemara with multi-pitch rock-climbs with grades varying from Diff (D) to Very Severe (VS), and length ranging from 150 to 320 metres. Classic climbing routes include Carrot Ridge (275m D), and Seventh Heaven (330m HS). ==Gallery==

File:Bencorr, Connemara, Ireland.jpg|Carrot Ridge, with Bencorrbeg (l), and Binn an tSaighdiúra and Bencorr N Top (r) File:Bencollaghduff from Benbaun.jpg|View from Benbaun to Bencollaghduff (c), and ridge to Bencorr and Derryclare behind File:Derryclare Lough - geograph.org.uk - 540873.jpg|View into Glencaghan and summits of (r-to-l) Derryclare, Bencorr, and Bencollaghduff File:Twelve Bens across Lough Inagh.jpg|Lough Inagh, Derryclare (l), Bencorr (c), Bencorr N Top (r) File:Bencollaghduff (left) and Bencorr (right) from north col of Derryclare.jpg|Bencorr (c), with Bencollaghduff (back left), from Derryclare ==Bibliography==