If I am not mistaken Slievebawn means White Mountain and it is easy to see where the name comes from as you walk up to the cairn.
Firstly, the route is studded with large pieces of quartz and metal bearing rock that shines at you in the sunshine - it actually made my eyes hurt it was that bright.
Secondly, just passed the cairn is an enormous solid quartz outcrop that also shines forth.
The cairn itself is very poor and not really worth a visit. This does not mean that you should come here though. The views are fantastic and the quartz outcrop is beautiful.
Someone has tried to find peace here by laying out a CND sign in stones.
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Directions to this place are fairly cumbersome and so I will recommend that you get the OS map to help you. Park near the Nine Stones and walk up the hill.
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