Summit Register

Hewitt · Sligo, Ireland

Truskmore

647 m

2,123 ftDrop 560 mG 759 473

Finder: 99 Hewitts in Ireland

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmTruskmore647Cuilcagh666Croaghgorm673Silver Hill600.2Lavagh More670
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmTruskmore647Cuilcagh666Croaghgorm673
Looking north, 136129 km wide, heights ×4586 (method).

Truskmore is a Hewitt of 647 m in Sligo. Nothing higher stands within 41.1 km; the nearest higher summit is Cuilcagh (666 m), to the south-east.

It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county. Its closest neighbour in this register, Cuilcagh, is 41.1 km away. Its drop of 560 m is 87% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 87 m above sea level. It is one of only two register hills in the Leitrim and W Cavan region, with Cuilcagh. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit647 mKey col87 mdrop 560 msea level
Key col G 803 476, 4.4 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

647 m80th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

560 m144th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

41.1 km31st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Cuilcagh41.1 km south-east
    666 m
  2. 2
    Croaghgorm46.2 km north-east
    673 m
  3. 3
    Silver Hill46.3 km north
    600.2 m
  4. 4
    Lavagh More47.0 km north
    670 m
1234CuilcaghCroaghgormSilver HillLavagh MoreN10 km

Lists

  • 235th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 773rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 48th highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Cuilcagh, 666 m, 41.1 km south-east
Region
45D: Leitrim and W Cavan
OS map
16
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
20168
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Truskmore

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The highest hills in each country and county