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Sheep's Head - Drimoleague Heritage Trail

Loop Walk · Cork

200

XP

about 1 h 11 min walking

Moderate
5.1 km
Loop
1 hour 30 minutes
Dogs welcome
0 km1 km2 km3 km4 km5 km

175 m

110 m

46 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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Hilly walk

1 steep stretch — marked on the map.

Climb

87 m

Drop

90 m

Highest

134 m

Lowest

59 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 200 m early on, no steep descents.

Clockwise: Easy first 3.4 km, no steep climbing, comes down 13% for 200 m near the end.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main climb: km 0.0–1.1, from 64 m to 132 m.

How the 5.2 km splits

Flat

1.9 km

Climbing

1.4 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.2 km

Descending

1.7 km

Link it with other walks

Sheep's Head Way

Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 0.6…

171.8 km

Sheep's Head - Moyny Bridge Walk (Drimoleague)

Starts here too · Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 2.8

3.4 km

Sheep's Head - Top of the Rock Walk (Drimoleague)

Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 1.0

2 km

Sheep's Head - St. Finbarr's Way (Drimoleague)

Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 1.0

39.7 km

Sheep's Head - Shronacarton Walk (Drimoleague)

Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.0

2.9 km

Sheep's Head - Deelish Cascades Walk (Drimoleague)

Crosses at km 1.7

3.1 km

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