Details
| Star & Finish | The Black Gate / The Alice West Centre |
|---|---|
| Distance | 8.4km |
| Grade | Hard or Strenuous |
| Duration | 3 hrs (?) |
| Climb | 371m |
| Max. Height | 184m |
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Directions
Follow the purple arrows northeast (towards Kilcrohane) on the public road for a short distance, before turning left off the public road. The track leads uphill, keep left at way marker (WM) 15. Continue crossing the peninsula to the car park at Cahergal. Keep left after the stile, and cross the road to the car park & cross the next stile. This trail continues to the Cove, past the ruins of a famine hamlet known as Crimea, and the abandoned copper mines en-route. At the cove, follow the signs for Cahergal loop to cross the peninsula again back to the black gate.
