Sheep's Head - Farranamanagh Loop
Loop Walk · Cork
250
XP
about 1 h 56 min walking
212 m
106 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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1 steep stretch — marked on the map.
Climb
145 m
Drop
146 m
Highest
82 m
Lowest
1 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.4 km, climbs 12% for 300 m early on, no steep descents.
Clockwise: Easy first 3.3 km, no steep climbing, comes down 12% for 300 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 1.4–2.1, from 3 m to 55 m.
How the 8.5 km splits
Flat
2.6 km
Climbing
2.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Descending
2.9 km
Link it with other walks
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The Sheep's Head Looped Cycle
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Sheep's Head - Seefin Loop
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 2.812.8 km
Sheep's Head - Funeral Path Loop
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 8.33.5 km
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