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OS 1:50000 Sheet 16 G759473 |
http://www.crux.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk->Baggers Album ->Ireland->45d->Truskmore
Truskmore from the south..
| Glencar Waterfall. |
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| Glencar and the Lough. |
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| Looking back into Glencar, above the craggy lower slopes. |
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| The summit, amongst the TV mast clutter. |
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| More fencing for the summit, yet another mast. The existing RTE mast is up for renewal. This could mean that the summit is fenced off like Mount Leinster. |
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| Tievebaun(611m). This is the wild north top of Truskmore. Unspoilt and wild with fine views. |
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| Arroo and Lough Melvin from Tievebaun. |
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| The Descent. Boggy ground on the south slopes of Truskmore. (Skyline) |
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Ok the summit is a mess with a big road running up to it. RTE are threatening to fence it off, and the Northern slopes are guarded by a notorious Goml. So what, this hill is just amazing. Its half of the Benbulbin Mesa, the unfasionable half admittedly, but wilder and rougher than the showstopper above Sligo. with features like Eagle Rock and Glencar Waterfall, there is plenty to show off.
We went up from the south, avoiding the road up from Gleniff, and a little apprehensive about who we may meet on this notorious range. There were no problems and the turf road from the south was easily followed onto the plateau. This is a popular walk for the locals and was busy on the return. Few brave the bogs between the two roads, and the mile to the highway on the ridge was very hard going. After dodging the microwaves at the summit , I decided to go for Tievebaun, following the strange dyke/ditch that marks the Leitrim/Sligo border. The views from the plateau edge were very fine: Donegal and the Bay, Lough Melvin, Fermanagh and Arroo and Glenade below Eagle Rock ( big pinnacle). The masts were far enough away by now. Returned by the OS defined Leitrim high point(The planners for the new mast have marked the border at the summit) and headed back down the gritstone bogs to Glencar. The mornings rain forgotten in afternoon sunshine.
The whole area is similar to the Yorkshire Dales, limestone capped with Yoredale Grits. Only here the dales are filled with huge loughs, and the hills much steeper, often ringed with big crags. Caves abound, but much of the karst is buried beneath the bog.
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