Derrymore – Caherconree Linear Walk (Biodiversity Week)

Start Point: Derrymore@ O.S. Map 71 Q 744 113

Leaving the last of the houses at Derrymore we head uphill to meet the Dingle Way and follow it for 50 m until we meet a stream with a wooden platform. Following a path that heads SE and and then Southwards we head upwards into the valley. The cliffs of Gearhane now tower over us on our right and the grassy slope of Scragg on our left. We continue to the back of the valley to meet the first of the lakes nestled on a rocky plateau. Skirting the lake on the right we climb to reach a higher valley and the second lake; Derrymore Lough. Veering SW we continue the steep ascent to reach the third plateau and an area of level ground where we can admire the massive boulders and glacial erratics strewn across the valley floors. Heading NW our target now is a steep grassy slope rising to reach the ridge and eventually the high point of Caherconree at 835m, a total ascent of 755 m.

We leave the summit and make our way SE towards the Fort before our descent down to the road at Behoonagh where we car share back to the Camp Village.

This weekend officially being the beginning of biodiversity week we will join Nuala who has kindly invited us to her woodlands at the end of the walk to explore some of the hidden elements hiding in our environment.