Slieve True

Slieve True is a hill in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It stands 312 metres high near Knockagh Monument and Monkstown, about six kilometres north of Belfast. The hill’s name comes from the Irish Sliabh an Triúir, meaning ‘hill of the three’. Three standing stones called The Three Brothers once marked the spot, though they now form part of a field wall. A small cairn also lies in the area. In 2013 an electricity company opened a wind farm of six turbines on Carn Hill. The wind farm cost £20 million and shows how modern energy meets the old landscape. The Three Brothers stones recall a time when people raised standing stones for reasons now unclear. The cairn suggests earlier burials or gatherings. The turbines turn steadily on the skyline, visible from far away. The hill itself offers wide views over Belfast Lough and the surrounding countryside. Visitors walk grassy slopes to reach the summit and the scattered stones. The wind farm’s towers rise beside Carn Hill’s lower slopes. The standing stones sit half a mile southwest of the highest point, embedded in a drystone wall. The cairn is a low mound of stones, easy to miss unless you look closely. From the top, Belfast’s docks and the hills beyond stretch to the horizon. The contrast between ancient markers and modern turbines makes the place quietly striking.