County
Wicklow
Distance
1.9 km
Duration
0.5 hours
Difficulty
Moderate
Total Ascent
110 m
Activity
Hiking
At the trailhead
- Parking · 10 m to left of old shop in Lacken (Now Closed)
- No dogs
This “Mass Path” was used for over 200 years by the people of Lugnagun and Blackrock to go to church, school, shop and pub in Lacken before cars became plentiful and is marked on the Griffiths Valuation maps of 1856. It is built with stone walls 8 feet high in places and passes through a landscape still bearing the scars of the famine years, ruined houses and potato ridges, etc. Views of Poulaphuca Reservoir and Mid Leinster as far as the Slieve Bloom Mountains are magnificent.
Elevation profile
Elevation data: EU-DEM 25 m © European Union, Copernicus. Profile follows the main waymarked line.
Along the way
Peaks
Heritage & points of interest
Food & drink
Nature & wildlife
Data sources: map & points of interest © OpenStreetMap contributors · facilities from Get Ireland Active – Sport Ireland · species via GBIF · protected areas via NPWS.