Caherconree stone fort
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 2.71 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,549 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 1,549 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,444 ft
- TrailRank
- 28
- Min elevation
- 833 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 2 hours 48 minutes
- Coordinates
- 674
- Uploaded
- July 9, 2017
- Recorded
- July 2017
near Aughils, Munster (Ireland)
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Itinerary description
Had planned on hiking to the summit of Caherconree, but it was clouded over, so I went only as far as the ancient fort, which is basically a big stone wall. In Irish mythology, the fort is said to have been built by Cú Roí Mac Daire, the legendary evil sorcerer and King of West Munster during the era of the Red Branch Nights of Ulster, the early Iron Age 500BC to 100BC.
It was a short hike, but I rated it difficult because of the steep ascent and the boggy descent. The ascent was not on a marked trail, but the descent followed a rough trail marked by posts.
It was a short hike, but I rated it difficult because of the steep ascent and the boggy descent. The ascent was not on a marked trail, but the descent followed a rough trail marked by posts.
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