Sweep’s Pit and Cross Rock
Sweep’s Pit and Cross Rock Sweep’s Pit and Sweep’s or the Cross Rock are two small features found up on Killakee Mountain as you head up the Featherbeds of the…
Dublin Mountains Map
Knockree Update
Knockree Update Thanks to map user Chris Crocker who has pointed out an error at Knockree on our Dublin Mountains and Wicklow East print maps and current digital map. Chris…
Granite Tors
Granite Tors The Dublin Hills may be modest in height and terrain but they sport a few dramatic outcrops of rock. Granite tors as in the photo here can be…
German War Cemetery
The German War Cemetery is located in an old quarry near the Glencree Centre at the top of the Glencree valley in Co.Wicklow. If you’re passing by, it’s well worth…
Cruagh Wood Update
If you have a copy of our Dublin Mountains map, then you should take note of this small update to the ever popular Cruagh Wood. This is one of a…
Sally Gap
Mountain passes in uplands have always been important as the easiest means of crossing difficult high ground. In Wicklow, the three main passes are Sally Gap, Wicklow Gap and the…
Eas Caorthainn Duinn
This I’m fairly certain is Eas Caorthainn Duinn – the waterfall of the rowan. Rowan also known as Mountain Ash or Quicken trees survive well enough in upland areas and…
Cow & Calf Rock
Thanks to map user Paul O’Callaghan for sending on this photo of the Cow & Calf Rock located in Upper Glenasmole in the Dublin Mountains. This large granite boulder is…
New Dublin & Wicklow Maps
Three New 1:25,000 scale detailed maps are now available for the Dublin Mountains, Wicklow West and Wicklow East. It may have taken five years with lots of hiccups and hard…
Powerscourt Deer Fence
The photo here is taken at the Water Gates above Powerscourt Waterfall in Co.Wicklow. This was one of the gates through extensive six foot deer fencing that surrounded Powerscourt Deerpark…