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Cahergal Loop

Details

Star & FinishThe Black Gate / The Alice West Centre
Distance8.4km
GradeHard or Strenuous
Duration3 hrs (?)
Climb371m
Max. Height184m
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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.

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The Sheep’s Head Way is closed to the public on Sunday 31st January 2021

As usual each year, the Sheep’s Head Way is closed on 31 January, unless the expressed wishes of the Landowner states otherwise. This has become a customary practice which enables the landowner to grant permission for the public to access their land throughout the remaining year without risk of any public right of way being established. We hope you will respect this necessary inconvenience.

Mount Corrin loop

Due to storm damage, the forestry section of the Mount Corrin loop walk will remain closed until further notice.

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