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Maumturks

Mountain range in Connemara, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Maumturks (Maamturks)
other_name
photo	View south to Knocknahillion from Letterbreckaun.jpg
photo_caption	Maumturk Mountains: looking south from Letterbreckaun towards Knocknahillion and Binn idir an dá Log.
country	Ireland
region	Connacht
region_type	Provinces of Ireland
length_km	25
length_orientation	North West to South East
width_km		width_orientation=
highest	Binn idir an dá Log
elevation_m	702
coordinates
translation	pass of the boar
language	Irish language
location	Connemara, County Galway, Ireland
geology		period=	orogeny =
map	Ireland
map_caption	Location of the Maunturks
type	Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top
normal_route	"Maamturks Challenge"

The Maumturks or Maamturks (; mountains of the boar's pass) is a mountain range in Connemara, County Galway, in the west of Ireland. It is a long, broadly-straight range, consisting of weathered quartzite peaks in its central section. The Maumturks lie east of the Twelve Bens, on the other side of Lough Inagh and the Inagh Valley (a Western Way route).

Hill walking

The walk of the full range (from Maam Cross to Leenaun), is considered one of the "great classic ridge-walks of Ireland", and since 1975, the University of Galway Mountaineering Club, has run the annual "Maamturks Challenge", a walk covering the entire 25–kilometre range in a single day. Near the centre of the range in a deep glen is , a site of pilgrimage dedicated to Saint Patrick.

List of peaks

The table below lists some of the highest major mountain peaks of the Maumturk Mountains.

Rank	Mountain peak	Elevation	English Name
1	Binn idir an dá Log	702 m	Benadolug‡
2	Binn Bhriocáin	667 m	Letterbreckaun
3	Binn Mhór	661 m	Binn Mhor
4	Binn Chaonaigh	633 m	Binn Chaonaigh
5	Mullach Glas	622 m	Mullach Glas
6	An Meall Dubh	618 m	Leenaun Hill
7	Binn Mhairg	612 m	Binn Mhairg
8	Corcogemore*	609 m	Corcogemore*
9	Cnoc na hUilleann	607 m	Knocknahillion

(‡) The anglicised version is rarely used or marked on any maps; a more common anglicised name is the incorrect name of "Barrslievenaroy" (or "Baurslievenaroy"), which is a nearby townland on the slopes of Binn idir an Da Log.

(*) Cartographer Tim Robinson notes: "the Ordnance Survey has been incorrectly calling this mountain 'Leckavrea' for a hundred and fifty years." "Lackavrea" (Ir. Leic Aimhréidh) is the mountain to the east on the other side of Mám Aodha.

Rock climbing

While the Maumturks are not known for rock climbing, the Loch Mhám Ochóige area of the range has rock climbs in the V-Diff to HVS grades.

Notes

References

Paul Tempan. (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names". MountainViews.ie.
Helen Fairbairn. (30 December 2014). "Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide (Walking Guides)". Collins Press.
(2018). "The Maumturks Challenge". University College Galway Mountaineering Club.
"Máméan Pilgrimage". [[National Museum of Ireland]].
"Maumturks: Mám Ochóige". Irish Online Climbing Wiki.

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