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Name: | Truskmore [Trosc Mor] |
Hill number: | 20168 |
Height: | 647m / 2123ft |
RHB Section: | 45D: Leitrim and W Cavan |
County/UA: | Sligo |
County (CoH): | Sligo (CoH) |
Hill area: | Dartry Mountains |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Historic County Top, Current County/UA Top, Dillon, Vandeleur-Lynam, Arderin (Ma,Hu,Sim,Hew,CoH,CoU,Dil,VL,A,P500) |
Grid ref: | G 75900 47342 |
Summit feature: | trig point |
Drop: | 560m |
Col: | 87m G803476 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 16 |
Comments: | Sligo CoH; see entry for 21007 for Leitrim CoH |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass. Please quote the hill number and hill name.
Logged Descriptions (logged by 42 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Long walk up over the moor from visitor centre car park at Glencar Lough with Moira. Wet day, poor visibility. | ColB | 12/07/2023 |
nigelcmason | 15/09/2022 | |
Climbs Truskmore and Tievebaun from Eagle Rock car park. | Danny Devlin | 21/02/2022 |
Route from Kieron Gribbon’s book Ireland’s county high points a Five and half mile walk taking two and quarter hours from the beginning of the access road at 744 468, with a short walk over to the cairn to the south east marking county Leitrim’s high point. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 21/09/2021 |
Easy up from horseshoe road on lane to TV antenna. Gate locked at bottom so its a couple miles of gradual zig-zag climb with last stretch more level. Wet day and gusting strongly. Also took in the nearby by cairn, Leitrim county top. With Tiarnan. | Pete West | 05/09/2020 |
Long walk up over the moor from Glencar Lough. Visited the SE cairn first. Proceeded on to Tievebaun. | Dangerous Dave | 26/06/2018 |
Onzy | 10/11/2017 | |
David-Guenot | 18/05/2017 | |
Parked by locked Gate and walked up and down road to top. Very easy but no view. | IanHHill | 05/04/2017 |
Truskmoe via the mast access road and then strolled over to the SE cairn on the Leitrim border. G76310 47098. | Audi-Anne | 22/10/2016 |
Stonecold | 28/02/2016 | |
Nick Down1 | 24/09/2015 | |
Parked by the gated entrance to the RTE access road - Up access road to the compound fence - Trig point (Sligo top) is at the far side of compound - From compound it was about 500m walk across trackless moor to the cairn marking the high point of Leitrim. (PM) | gerrybowes | 02/04/2015 |
From the gated road which leads to the RTE masts. Took just under 2 hours in mist and drizzle with GB. Also took in the Leitrim top. | bolton | 02/04/2015 |
Drove to top, walked to Leitrim top with Sean Martin. | Roen | 03/10/2013 |
Fergalh | 10/07/2013 | |
davefh | 06/07/2013 | |
mae | 12/04/2012 | |
Up and down the tarmac with detour to E cairn. Gale/Rain. | jimbloomer | 11/09/2011 |
neilsan | 30/03/2011 | |
glenlecky | 31/00/2010 | |
Colin Crawford | 15/09/2009 | |
Via RTE road with East top for Leitrim | nickywood1 | 10/05/2009 |
Martin R | 01/09/2008 | |
Sherlock | 05/06/2008 | |
chalky1953 | 05/04/2007 | |
This is the highest point in counties Sligo and Leitrim. | Johnjoes | 18/03/2007 |
David Purchase | 12/09/2005 | |
SDillmore | 02/08/2005 | |
grass/rock summit, large cairn, dominated by mast, remember to visit E Cairn (Sligo Co Top). from beside wood due S of Truskmore: no access allowed via transmitter road | RHW | 01/06/2004 |
fasgadh | 01/09/2001 | |
This top and Truskmore E Cairn can be easily combined to bag two tops in one walk. The E Cairn is some 500m down the side of the mountain at spot height 630m. | Harry Goodman | 10/02/2001 |
GordonAdshead | 00/10/2000 | |
roscorrocket | 28/06/1999 | |
IainT | 13/09/1998 | |
borderline | 27/03/1997 | |
PN_Runner | 26/02/1995 | |
GaryJones | 01/10/1993 | |
Very easy due to the road up to the mast near the summit | pslat | blank |
peter1 | blank | |
dregishjake | blank | |
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