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Dartry Mountains Area   N: Truskmore Subarea
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Truskmore SE Cairn Mountain For origin of name see Truskmore County Highpoint of Leitrim and in Sligo/ Leitrim Counties in Connacht Province, in County Highpoint List, Pale orthoquartzitic sandstone Bedrock

Height: 631m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 16 Grid Reference: G76314 47102
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Longitude: -8.365264, Latitude: 54.372008 , Easting: 176314, Northing: 347102 Prominence: 0m,  Isolation: 0.5km
ITM: 576265 847101,   GPS IDs, 6 char: TrskSE, 10 char: TrskmrSECr
Bedrock type: Pale orthoquartzitic sandstone, (Glenade Sandstone Formation)

This point is included because it is the highest point in Leitrim.   Truskmore SE Cairn is the second highest mountain in the Dartry Mountains area and the 237th highest in Ireland. Truskmore SE Cairn is the highest point in county Leitrim and also the second highest in Sligo.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Truskmore SE Cairn in area Dartry Mountains, Ireland
Picture: The cairn at the top of Leitrim.		  
A highpoint, easy to reach from a road and with an excellent view.
Short Summary created by simon3  15 Feb 2011
The view from this summit is excellent to the NE over the area around Arroo.
The obvious way to get here is from the road up to Truskmore from which it is around 280m over low, boggy heather.
There is a limited amount of parking around G 74400 46800 starA (access road to transmitter) and nearby. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1054/comment/5813/
 
A few years back, on a climb of Truskmore using t .. by Harry Goodman   (Show all for Truskmore SE Cairn )
 
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County High Point 2018 - Leitrim .. by doogleman   (Show all for Truskmore SE Cairn )
 
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Letrim - County high point - Done with my Grandad .. by ShaunDunne   (Show all for Truskmore SE Cairn )
 
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