Great views with megalithic history.
Short Summary created by simon3 31 May 2011
Seefin has many attractions for the walker, giving great views over west Wicklow, the Pollaphuca Reservoir and Kildare. It also has a magnificent megalithic tomb parts of which it is still possible to clamber into.O 0636 1747 (Point A) . Walk from there to around O06291685 (Point B) and then head up the hill keeping outside the boundary fence of the Kilbride Firing Range. The advantage of this starting point is that should you be doing a circuit coming back via Seahan, you are positioned fairly far north.O068 154 (Point C) (up a ride) or the car park at Kippure Bridge O079145 (Point D) . It will take about 30 mins to reach the top.
Point A: O0636 1747
Point B: O0629 1685
Point C: O068 154
Point D: O079 145
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Picture from Homerclesse : Views to Mullaghcleevaun and Coronation Plantation from Athdown Brook.
Picture: Views to Mullaghcleevaun and Coronation Plantation from Athdown Brook.
by Homerclesse 28 Mar 2010
I have tackled this summit a number of times from a couple of approaches. My favourite is to park at the gates of the Kippure Estate and follow the track across the road. This eventually leads into heavy forest with a lot of deeply rutted tracks and felled trees. The best option is to head to the river bank (Athdown Brook) and climb up along the left side bank of it. A nice view behind you to the Coronation Plantation and the Mullaghcleevaun Range. Once you clear the line of trees on the left then it's simply a matter of heading a little north of west to the summit Seefin. A very interesting Cairn awaits and will be your heading in clear weather. Great views of the Blessington Lakes, the other hills of the West Wicklow range, south to Mullaghcleevaun and east to Kippure and Sugar Loaf. (Comment Rating 4.71)
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Picture from padodes
by padodes 3 Nov 2008
If you like combining a walk in the hills with a stroll through history, then Seefin provides plenty of interest. The easiest approach is from a point south of the entrance to the army rifle range at Kilbride. Starting at O 068 154 (limited parking), a 250m climb takes you straight up a forest ride (not shown on the OSI map) to the 621m summit and to one of the finest surviving prehistoric sites in Wicklow: the passage tomb at O 0735 1626 (Point E) .(Comment Rating 4.67)
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Picture from csd
by csd 13 Apr 2003
The easiest way to approach Seefin is from the car park at Kippure Bridge. Follow the forest track up, but rather than marching all the way to the top using this track, veer right just before the track dips into a ford and follow the Athdown Brook up (see picture). This is a pleasant detour which will bring you up onto the Seefin - Seefingan track. If you want to come back down via the forest tracks, note that the Harvey map is not 100% accurate - there appears to be at least one extra SW-NE track not marked on the map, north of the two that are marked.(Comment Rating 4.17)
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Picture from csd
by csd 13 Apr 2003
The entrance to the megalithic tomb at the summit of Seefin. Unfortunately the roof of the cairn has collapsed.(Comment Rating 4.15)
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by sinbadw 8 Nov 2004
Instead of paking at Kippure bridge we drove past (towards Kilbride) and took the next right. About 1k further up this road there is a gate on the right with a stile beside it. Going over the stile and heading south east we followed the forrest road for about 400m, turned left, followed the road around a bend to the right and then turned left again. There is a rough track on the right a short way on from here that goes straight as an arrow towards the top of seefin. The cloud was low and we quickly found that we were unable to see any great distance. As we reached the top and stopped to read the sign beside the megalithic tomb a pair of ravens silently ghosted out of the mist towards us and then onwards, disappearing once again without a sound, barely moving their wings. We met a man from Leixlip and his dog who told us of some interesting markings to be found in the rocks on Tonduff south, will check that out next time we are up there.
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