Ben Crom

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{{short description|Mountain in Northern Ireland}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Ben Crom

| other_name =Binn Chrom

| photo =File:Ben Crom - geograph.org.uk - 1140038.jpg

| photo_caption =Ben Crom mountain

| photo_size =

| map =Northern Ireland

| map_alt =Location of Ben Crom within Northern Ireland

| map_caption = Location of Ben Crom within Northern Ireland

| elevation_m =526

| elevation_ref = {{cite web | url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/404/ | title=Mourne Mountains Area - Ben Crom | publisher=Mountain Views | accessdate=10 December 2014}}

| prominence_m =81

| prominence_ref =

| listing = Myrddyn Dewey

| translation = curved/stooped peak

| language = Irish

| location = County Down, Northern Ireland

| range = Mournes

| coordinates = {{coord|54.166233|N|5.990448|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| grid_ref_Ireland = J31300 26000

| topo = OSNI Discoverer 29

}}

Ben Crom ({{Irish derived place name|Binn Chrom|curved/stooped peak}}) is a {{convert|526|m|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.{{cite book | title=Mourne Country: Landscape and Life in South Down | publisher=Dundalgan P. | author=Evans, Emyr Estyn | year=1967 | pages=38}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/summary.asp?item=1100 | title=Mournes - Ben Crom | publisher=Habitats.org.uk | accessdate=10 December 2014}}

Silent Valley and Ben Crom from Slievenaglogh - geograph.org.uk - 1205677.jpg|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.