Lough Boora - Mesolithic Route
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.88 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 333 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- 285 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 2 hours 50 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2488
- Uploaded
- November 7, 2022
- Recorded
- November 2022
near Leabeg, Leinster (Ireland)
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Itinerary description
This walk is one of the longer routes and combines the Leabeg Wetland and Mesolithic Site trails in a 5km circular journey.
The Leabeg Wetland section of the walk does not have any way-markers and should not be attempted during the Winter or early Spring due to flooding. It is a site of National Importance for Whooper Swans and attracts migrant birds during the cooler seasons. When the site dries out in Spring, it gives rise to rich grassland. Purple Moor-grass, Yorkshire Fog and Soft Rush provide cover for ground nesting birds such as the Skylark and Meadow Pipit and smaller mammals, including the hares and the hunting foxes.
The route follows the southern shore of Lough Boora before veering north after crossing the old railway embankment and following the eastern bank of the canal known locally as the canoe course. Upon reaching the end of the canal, the trail runs south along a ride-line in the forestry and then turns west along a broad, peat access road which leads to the Mesolithic Site.
The Leabeg Wetland section of the walk does not have any way-markers and should not be attempted during the Winter or early Spring due to flooding. It is a site of National Importance for Whooper Swans and attracts migrant birds during the cooler seasons. When the site dries out in Spring, it gives rise to rich grassland. Purple Moor-grass, Yorkshire Fog and Soft Rush provide cover for ground nesting birds such as the Skylark and Meadow Pipit and smaller mammals, including the hares and the hunting foxes.
The route follows the southern shore of Lough Boora before veering north after crossing the old railway embankment and following the eastern bank of the canal known locally as the canoe course. Upon reaching the end of the canal, the trail runs south along a ride-line in the forestry and then turns west along a broad, peat access road which leads to the Mesolithic Site.
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