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Caher Loop Walk | Sheep’s Head Way

February 3, 2014 by Dunmanus

The Caher Loop Walk leads you up to the ridge of the Sheep’s Head peninsula, with fine views over Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay!

From the car park at the Black Gate / Alice West Centre just outside Kilcrohane village, follow the green loop walk arrows in a northeasterly direction along the public road for a short distance.

At way marker no. 3 (Peakeen, Cahergal and Cahir) turn left off the public road. Continue up the track and onto the hill going through 4 stiles en route until you reach way marker no. 17 marked Peakeen/Cahir.

Turn right down the hill beyond Cahir lake on an old road. When this road meets the public road turn left. Walk along the public road for a short distance then turning right downhill again onto “the stony roadeen” passing by a private garden.

Next veer right onto the public road again for a considerable distance. At way marker no. 368, veer right again walking in a southwesterly direction on the public road passing “The Cill” at Caher, a famine graveyard en route. The loop enters farmland at way marker no. 366 and descends towards the sea.

At Trá Rúaim strand, veer right uphill on the public by-road and right again when this road meets the main public road to return to The Black Gate.
 

Download GPX file for GPS:Download Caher Loop Walk GPX file
Download File for 3D View on Google Earth:Download Caher Loop Walk KMZ file
Start/Finish:Black Gate Trailhead
Grade:Hard
Distance:5.6 km (approx)
Estimated Time:2 hrs (based on average walking speed of 3 km per hour)
Arrows:Green Arrows
Metres Climbed/ Ascent:210 metres
Maximum Height:189 metres
Dogs Allowed?No
Minimum Gear:Walking boots, rain gear, fluid, and a mobile phone.

Filed Under: Black Gate trailhead, Estimated Time: Under 3 hours, Hard, Sheep's Head Way Loop Walks, Walking

Leave No Trace

Practising a Leave No Trace ethic is very simple: make it hard for others to see or hear you and leave no trace of your visit.

• plan ahead and prepare
• be considerate of others
• respect farm animals and wildlife
• leave what you find
• camp on approved sites or with landowners' permission
• dispose of waste properly

Please do not exit marked trails: walk only on marked routes. No dogs are allowed on The Sheep’s Head Way.

Transport & Taxi Services

If you need local transport to and from your walk, taxi services are available from the following local companies:

* Jack McNulty (Durrus) Tel: +353 (0) 27 61219
Mobile: +353 (0) 87 784 5939

* Liam Ward- Ward's Hackney Carriages
(Durrus) Tel: +353 (0)27 61 476
Mobile: +353 (0)86 855 6189

Regular bus services run from Cork to Bantry.
For details see http://buseireann.ie>

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