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Binn Chrom
Ben Crom mountain
Highest point
Elevation	526 m (1,726 ft)
Prominence	81 m (266 ft)
Listing	Myrddyn Dewey
Naming
English translation	curved/stooped peak
Language of name	Irish
Geography
Ben Crom Location in Northern Ireland
Location	County Down, Northern Ireland
Parent range	Mournes
OSI/OSNI grid	26000 J31300 26000
Topo map	OSNI Discoverer 29

Ben Crom (from Irish: Binn Chrom, meaning "curved/stooped peak") is a 526 metres (1,726 ft) mountain in the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated beside Ben Crom Reservoir, which is upstream from Silent Valley Reservoir. The mountain is composed of granite. An exposed area on the south west of the mountain shows where the Eocene aplitic granite meets the laccolith top of the older Mesozoic granite ring dike. The summit of the mountain features granite crags which are crossed by basic and feldspar porphyry dikes. The mountain is used for sheep grazing and hill walking.

View of Ben Crom (centre), Silent Valley Reservoir (bottom) and Ben Crom Reservoir (top right) from Slievenaglogh. Slieve Bearnagh is in the top left of the photo.

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