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Cruach Mhór ( Irish for "big stack"), at high, is the tenth-highest peak in
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list, and the eleventh-highest peak in Ireland according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. A distinctive square ''
grotto A grotto or grot is a natural or artificial cave or covered recess. Naturally occurring grottoes are often small caves near water that are usually flooded or often flooded at high tide. Sometimes, artificial grottoes are used as garden fea ...
'' marks the summit. It is part of the
MacGillycuddy's Reeks MacGillycuddy's Reeks () is a sandstone and siltstone mountain range in the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Stretching , from the Gap of Dunloe in the east, to Glencar, County Kerry, Glencar in the west, the Reeks is Ireland's high ...
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.


Geography

Cruach Mhór is at the far eastern section of
MacGillycuddy's Reeks MacGillycuddy's Reeks () is a sandstone and siltstone mountain range in the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Stretching , from the Gap of Dunloe in the east, to Glencar, County Kerry, Glencar in the west, the Reeks is Ireland's high ...
in
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, Ireland's highest mountain range. It is the first major peak in the '' MacGillycuddy's Reeks Ridge Walk'' when started from '' Kate Kearney's Cottage'' in the
Gap of Dunloe The Gap of Dunloe (), also recorded as ''Bearna an Choimín'' (meaning "gap of the commonage" or "gap of the little hollow"), is a narrow mountain pass running north–south in County Kerry, Ireland, that separates the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mou ...
. The ridge between Cruach Mhór and Cnoc na Péiste , is marked by
The Big Gun The Big Gun (), at high, is the ninth-highest peak in Ireland on the Lists of mountains in Ireland#Arderins, Arderin list, or the tenth-highest according to the Lists of mountains in Ireland#Vandeleur-Lynams, Vandeleur-Lynam list. It is part o ...
at its centre, and is considered as offering some of the most exposed and serious hill walking in Ireland (equivalent to
The Bones The Bones (), at high, is the seventh-highest peak in Ireland on the Lists of mountains in Ireland#Arderins, Arderin list, or the eighth-highest according to the Lists of mountains in Ireland#Vandeleur-Lynams, Vandeleur-Lynam list. It is part ...
on the nearby ''
Beenkeragh Ridge Beenkeragh or Benkeeragh () is the second-highest peak in Ireland, at . It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Beenkeragh also gives its name the infamous ''Beenkeragh Ridge'', the narrow rocky arete between Beenkeragh a ...
''). The Macgillycuddy's Reeks Ridge Walk continues along this ridge to Maolán Buí and on to
Carrauntoohil Carrauntoohil, Carrauntoohill or Carrantuohill ( ; , meaning "Tuathal's sickle") is the Lists of mountains in Ireland, highest mountain in Ireland at . It is on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, close to the centre of Ireland's highest mo ...
, Ireland's highest mountain. Just over 3 km to the east-northeast of Cruach Mhór, across a sharp notch, is the lesser peak of Cnoc an Bhráca . There is a lower peak to the east of Cruach Mhór known as Cruach Bheag ("little stack"). On the summit of Cruach Mhór is a stone
grotto A grotto or grot is a natural or artificial cave or covered recess. Naturally occurring grottoes are often small caves near water that are usually flooded or often flooded at high tide. Sometimes, artificial grottoes are used as garden fea ...
built by a local farmer who hauled up the cement on his back, and its small statue is changed every year. The square structure, which sits on the exact summit, is visible from a distance. Cruach Mhór is the 401st-highest mountain in Britain and Ireland on the
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classification. It is listed by the
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("SMC") as one of 34
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, which is a mountain above in elevation, and meets the other SMC criteria for a
Munro A Munro (; ) is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nevi ...
(e.g. "sufficient separation"), but which is outside of (or ''furth'') Scotland; which is why Cruach Mhór is sometimes referred to as one of the 13
Irish Munro This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. Furths are defined as mountains that meet the classification criteria to be a Scottish Munro, including being over in elevation, but which are ''furth'' of (i.e. "outside" of) ...
s. Cruach Mhór's prominence qualifies it to meet the
Arderin Arderin () is a mountain on the border between counties Laois and Offaly in Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is ...
classification, and the British Isles
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and Hewitt classifications. Cruach Mhór does not appear in the
MountainViews Online Database In these lists of mountains in Ireland, those within Northern Ireland, or on the Republic of Ireland – United Kingdom border, are marked with an asterisk, while the rest are within the Republic of Ireland. Where mountains are ranked by height ...
, '' 100 Highest Irish Mountains'', as the prominence threshold is over .Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork,


See also

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Lists of mountains in Ireland In these lists of mountains in Ireland, those within Northern Ireland, or on the Republic of Ireland – United Kingdom border, are marked with an asterisk, while the rest are within the Republic of Ireland. Where mountains are ranked by height ...
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List of mountains of the British Isles by height This article provides access to lists of mountains in Britain and Ireland by height and by prominence. (See Lists of mountains below.) Height and prominence are the most important metrics for the classifications of mountains by the UIAA; with ...
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List of Furth mountains in the British Isles This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. Furths are defined as mountains that meet the classification criteria to be a Scottish Munro, including being over in elevation, but which are ''furth'' of (i.e. "outside" of) ...


References


External links


MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website
the largest database of British Isles mountains ("
DoBIH The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attempt ...
")
Hill Bagging UK & Ireland
the searchable interface for the
DoBIH The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attempt ...

Ordnance Survey Ireland ("OSI") Online Map ViewerLogainm: Placenames Database of Ireland
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