View
from the cairn on Treanmor across Cairnaweeleen
to Knocknarea. The Benbulben
mass can be seen to the right. |
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Treanmor Treanmor is another of the neolithic cairns of the Bricklieve Mountains in County Sligo. It is situated just east of Kesh Corran. The cairn is unopened and appears to be fairly undisturbed. It is a low mound of locally quarried limestone, about 10 or 15 meters in diameter, 240 meters up on a limestone spur. Treanmore is part of a group of hills consisting of Treanmacmurtagh, Sheecor and Cairnaweeleen, which in the local landscape mythology are called the piglets of the great sow Cail Céis, who's slaughtered body became Kesh Corran. With Kesh on the west and Carrowkeel on the west, the views from these four hills are directed to the north and south. There are several monuments on the hill of Treanmor: a ringfort, a cashel, possible enclosure, and a few relatively modern house ruins. The view from this site, as shown above, is quite spectacular on a clear day. |
| Treanmor
cairn is visible as a white patch to the mid-right, between Kesh
Corran and Sheecor. Picture © Leo Regan. |
