Hello Its good to be back!

After an operation that quite literally left me with half the knee I used to have, with over 5 months off work and a lot of physiotherapy later I was finally given the OK to return to the hills. So it was off to Dingle for my mountaineering clubs easter meet for some quality ale, Guinness and hopefully a clutch of new hills.

We started our route for Brickany in Anascaul, following the Dingle Way to the road junction at Maum (the D.W. leaves the road here and follows a lane) . At roughly Maum X (Q61910 01906) there is a locked gate, climb over and follow a wet forestry track, which shortly turns right, then left and right again, following the edge of the plantation bringing you to the edge of the forest and a rough and faint path & fence. Cross and follow the fence - along an old wall boundary - (on the right hand side) all the way to the top, recross the fence to the summit cairn, well several cairns probable built with the remains of what looks like a ruined chambered cairn.

Return the way of ascent, we continued on along the Dingle Way to Inch Strand for some Ice Cream on the beach where the temp reached 29 degrees, not bad for April!

The directions for this route were given to me by a local farmer, he also said I could approach along the tracks on the north-west side of the hill as well, but that there was a lot of electric fencing there. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/874/comment/6493/

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simon3 on Brickany

Viewed from the west this small summit looks well rounded if overshadowed. It's very visible from Inch Strand. There's a forest to the west of the top, just visible on the left of the pic, which could provide access from around the junction at Maum X (Q6192 0186). (If you need to park this could be tricky.).

In this photo, taken from 6k west on Knocknacree, the darker purplish summit is surrounded by higher summits, Moanlaur to the right skyline and part of Caherconree to the left. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/874/comment/3828/

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Summit Cairn, very interesting

I climbed Brickany as part of a longer walk. I would recommend climbing from the east side as on a clear day the views of Inch Strand and Carrantuohill are masterful. To do this as a single walk you could park beside Inch graveyard. Then take the road behind the pub and walk 0.5km until you meet a fork in the road, take the left. You will then see an old gate where you can start the ascent. When you reach the summit you can admire Inch Strand and then walk North West until you reach the summit of Brickany. The Cairns are very interesting, I do not have any further information on what the hollow Cairns were used for. However to my knowledge this is the only example of this type of Cairn in the locality. A number of options to descend: If you wish to return to your car proceed west, there are a number of ways to get back the road. The Forestry path mentioned by "three5four0" really is very wet. Once on the road you could proceed to Annascual or take the summit directly in front of you. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/874/comment/14951/

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Distinctive hill on the way to Annascaul with views over Inch beach

Parked at Inch Beach A (Q64398 00725).

Headed left on the main road and took first right, signposted Lios Dana. This brings you onto the Dingle way, Head east towards Emlagh. Veer left at B (Q64586 01080). Some of this was incredibly wet for a path. Small gate leading on hillside before house at C (Q65083 01379). Work your way up the ridge where you’ll see an unusual cairn(?) on the ridge. Continue on up to Brickany while keeping to the left along some paths and sheep paths. I did try a more direct route a few times but had to back track as it was very wet where the ground levelled out between the spot heights.

Brickany itself is very interesting, i haven’t seen such a small cluster of these type of cairns anywhere else. The views from here are really great for such a low hill. All the way back up to Caherconree, across to Dromavally and Annascaul Lake and over Inch Beach.

I was going to Knockafeehane so headed westwards going down beside an old low wall. Came to a fence D (Q62352 01885) that was really awkward to get over. I was expecting to go down alongside the forestry but it looked totally overgrown and impassible, maybe i missed something.

I went thru the open field and the ground was horrendous and was getting worse the further i went. I was about to turn around and go back up to see if i could figure out a different route when the house owner nearby came out a left me go thru his garden, thankfully. We’d a good chat, he had no problem, however, i was mortified. If someone has any info on that final bit i’d be interested to hear.

I went onto Knockafeehane, but if you just wanted to head back to Inch its a nice stroll along the quiet roads and laneways of a section of the Dingle Way... Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/874/comment/23764/

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