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Barleycove Beach – Altar Wedge Tomb loop from Cannawee

Barleycove Beach – Altar Wedge Tomb loop from Cannawee

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Barleycove Beach – Altar Wedge Tomb loop from Cannawee

02:39

58.1km

670m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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48 m

Barleycove Beach

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Wide, gently curved bay with an extensive dune system and clear Atlantic light. The beach was formed by the 1755 tsunami wave and has retained its open, soft landscape ever …

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6.69 km

Priest's Leap Mountain Pass

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Rough and remote mountain pass between the hills of West Cork, with narrow roads, open moorland and wide views towards the valleys of Bantry and Coomhola. The landscape is bare, …

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14.5 km

View of Dunmanus Bay and Dunmanus Castle

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An elevated vantage point with a broad panorama of Dunmanus Bay and the headland where Dunmanus Castle stands. The bay opens out in long sweeps to the north, while the castle ruins dot the landscape, marking the old O’Mahony territories.

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15.7 km

Dunmanus Castle

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The ruins of the 15th-century O’Mahony Tower stand on the edge of Dunmanus Bay. The castle once guarded the bay and the trade routes along the south coast of West …

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34.8 km

Cadogan's Strand

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The beach is located in the neighboring bay

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43.3 km

Altar Wedge Tomb

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A late Neolithic (2500-200 BC) wedge tomb on a prominent height above Toormore Bay. The narrow, west-facing structure overlooks the ocean and the rugged coastline. (Altar Wedge Tomb)

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46.4 km

Ballyrisode Wood

Forest

47.2 km

View of the Rocky Coastline Near Ardgroom

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I don't see any view here, but rocky landscape and heathlands.

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58.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

58.1 km

Surfaces

56.0 km

2.09 km

Elevation

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Highest point (160 m)

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Weather

Tuesday 1 September

20°C

17°C

54 %

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Barleycove Beach – Altar Wedge Tomb loop from Cannawee

Barleycove Beach

Priest's Leap Mountain Pass

View of Dunmanus Bay and Dunmanus Castle

Dunmanus Castle

Cadogan's Strand

Altar Wedge Tomb

View of the Rocky Coastline Near Ardgroom

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