The Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula are grouped into two major unnamed mountain ranges, one running along the centre of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, in Ireland and the other found at its extreme western tip. The mountains dealt with here include all those west of the Slieve Mish Mountains, which extend from the mainland south of Tralee to the narrow neck of the peninsula and are separated from the mountains of the Dingle Peninsula by a series of low foothills and deep river valleys.
| Mountains of the Dingle Peninsula | |
|---|---|
 Brandon sub-range | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Brandon |
| Elevation | 925 m (3,035 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 20 km (12 mi) E/W |
| Width | 11 km (6.8 mi) N/S |
| Geography | |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Provinces of Ireland | Munster |
Geology
Like the wider Dingle peninsula, the mountains are formed from a thick succession of sandstones and conglomerates dating from the Devonian period and traditionally collected together as the Old Red Sandstone. The Ballymore Sandstone and Coumeenoole Sandstone form a part of the Dingle Group whilst the slightly younger Cappagh Sandstone is apart of the Slieve Mish Group. Whilst the rock strata were originally deposited in horizontal beds, they have subsequently been folded such that they dip, often steeply to the north-northwest and south-southeast, on the limbs of several ENE-WSW oriented geological folds such as the Fahan Syncline.[1] giving a particular character to these mountains.
List of peaks
The following is a download from the MountainViews Online Database, who list 17 identifiable Slieve Mish peaks with an elevation, or height, above 100 metres
| Height Rank |
Prom. Rank |
Name | Irish Name (if different) | Translation | Height (m) |
Prom. (m) |
Height (ft) |
Prom. (ft) |
Topo Map |
OSI Grid Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Baurtregaum | Barr Trí gCom | Top of Three Hollows[a] | 851 | 643 | 2,792 | 2,110 | 71 | Q749076 |
See also
References
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