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Benbaun

Name: Benbaun
Address: Ireland

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An Bhinn Bhan [Benbaun]
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Historic County Top (CoH): The highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county.
Historic - traditional list of counties from which people usually take their local cultural identity. In the UK they were never abolished, they just ceased to have administrative function. In the Republic of Ireland, most of the original counties are still real and important.

County Top: Galway Galway (CoH)
County: Galway
Classification: Ma,Sim,Hew,Dil,A,VL,CoH,CoU
Meters/Feet: 729/2392
Feature: fractured trig point base
Survey: obvious summit
Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.1 (http://www.hills-database.co.uk)
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Notes: The inclusion of a summit on our site may not always mean the hill is accessible. Some summits may be on private land with no public right of way or open access. Landowner permission must be sought before accessing a hill on private land. Access rights in Scotland are separate from the rest of the UK.

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L 78558 53902

53.521242, -9.831761

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53°31'16.5"N 9°49'54.3"W

UTM

29U 444855 5930578

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