Sheep's Head - Mullaghmesha Loop
Loop Walk · Cork
500
XP
about 2 h 59 min walking
521 m
300 m
79 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
433 m
Drop
433 m
Highest
491 m
Lowest
89 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 14% for 800 m early on, comes down 17% for 1220 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 17% for 1220 m midway, comes down 14% for 800 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 0.5–4.7, from 92 m to 491 m.
How the 11.3 km splits
Flat
1.7 km
Climbing
3.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.8 km
Descending
2.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.5 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.2 km
Link it with other walks
Sheep's Head - St. Finbarr's Way (Drimoleague)
Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 3.939.7 km
Sheep's Head - Mealagh Valley Loop
Starts here too · Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.9, 11.010.9 km
Sheep's Head Way
Shares 2.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.9, 1.3…171.8 km
Sheep's Head - Castledonovan Loop
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 3.910.8 km