Sheep's Head - Póc an Tairbh (Kealkill)
Loop Walk · Cork
300
XP
about 2 h 3 min walking
221 m
111 m
0 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
171 m
Drop
172 m
Highest
139 m
Lowest
18 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 300 m early on, comes down 14% for 200 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 14% for 200 m early on, comes down 14% for 300 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 0.6–2.8, from 20 m to 137 m.
How the 8.8 km splits
Flat
2.4 km
Climbing
3.1 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Descending
2.9 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Link it with other walks
Sheep's Head Way
Shares 4.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.3, 0.9…171.8 km
Sheep's Head - Srón na Gaoithe (Kealkill)
Starts here too · Shares 4.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.9, 8.0…9.1 km
Sheep's Head - St. Finbarr's Way (Drimoleague)
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 8.0, 8.539.7 km
Sli Gaeltacht Mhuscrai
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 8.0, 8.571.3 km