Brandon is the 340th-highest mountain, and 10th most prominent mountain, in Britain and Ireland, on the Simms classification. Brandon is regarded by the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) as one of 34 Furths, which is a mountain above in elevation, and meets the other SMC criteria for a Munro (e.g. sufficient separation), but which is outside of (or furth) Scotland; Brandon is referred to as one of the 13 Irish Munros.