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Sawel Mountain in the Sperrins of Tyrone

Sperrins The Sperrin Mountains are a range of hills spread across the counties of Londonderry and Tyrone: little explored, these mountains have dramatic landscapes, bright rivers full of life, rugged slopes, fair valleys, forests and lakes in abundance. This is the largest range of hills in Ulster, spanning 40 miles from south of Strabane eastwards to Maghera and north towards Limavady. The Sperrins have a distinctive glaciated landscape. The Glenshane Pass, which carries the A6 Belfast to Londonderry through the hills under the looming shadow of Carntogher is an ice-cut path, notorious in winter. (Read more)