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Colin Murphy: Track/4841 in area near Ballykildea Mountain, East Clare (Ireland)
A long, meandering route to Ballykildea
Ascent: 422m, Length: 5.9km, Creator time taken: 1h48m
Descent: 177m, Time predicted from Naismith's rule: 1h 53m + breaks
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Places Start at R67053 76813, Ballykildea Mountain, end at R66193 73703, 3.2km S from Start
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[RWD version 1 ] This was perhaps the longest walk I’ve ever done to bag a single Carn (almost 12km return), but it was enjoyable nonetheless. I took the Ballycuggaran Road off the R463 and followed it for about 2km, where I asked a farmer for permission to park outside his wall and he absolutely no problem. I walked along the road for about 300m and continued up a rougher track (BTW Google Maps indicates this track is drivable, but unless you’re in a rugged terrain vehicle, trust me, it’s not!)
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The trail up through the section of woods.
Continued up with a wood on my left, continuing straight across a more substantial forest track to cut up along a narrow trail through a section of woods, (waterlogged in parts and had to navigate around a fallen tree, but quite manageable), before emerging onto yet another substantial forest track. Turned right and followed this meandering track as it eventually swung back eastwards, revealing a small glen on the right.
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Watch for a barely distinguishable trail on the right at this point
At this point I missed a very narrow trail to the right, which crosses a small brook, and had to backtrack about 250m (if you come to a gate with a stile, you’ve gone too far) Followed this narrow trail as it ascended southwards, taking me on to yet another main forest track that I followed for almost 2km.
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The final, long stretch of forest track (visible on right) leading towards the hill (centre)
At that point you need to leave track and ascend to the left up a rough but passable forest ride which finally emerges onto open, rising moorland, about 500m from summit.
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The forest ride from the track that leads onto open moorland
A few sheep trails through the heather aid immensely here and will take you close to the high point, which is a slightly elevated heathery mound with a rotten pole stuck in it.
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Yours truly at the top, marked by a barely standing rotten pole.
Return via same route. Car to summit and back took 3.5 hours.
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Uploaded on: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 (10:54:35), Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/track/4841/
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