Luggala Start to Finish: O 15900 06200 to O 15528 07942 Altitude (lowest – highest): 225m – 595m Weather: Overcast, humid, and….. midges! Access: Pier Gates on Roundwood - Sally Gap road Surveyed by: John Monaghan, 17 / 7 / 02.
Reproduced from Harvey Wicklow Mountains Map, with permission. © Harvey Maps 2002
Pos No Irish Comments / Photographs Grid O
1 15900 grass on mineral soil; bracken on either side 06200
pic5 looking ahead NNW shows path at start of route
2 15903 braiding; grass eroded here down to mineral soil 06262
3 for some braiding / widening in some places to 3m next 100m
4 15812 pic6 looking back down to the start, shows the path 06366
5 50m braiding; average width 2-3m on up
6 15661 path width = 5m; some surface rock 06471
7 50m path splits; I took right-hand path on up
8 15566 pic35 looking up shows "pigeon holing" closeup 06560
9 15555 more "pigeon holing" on narrow grassy path 06580
pic7 looking up (N) shows path about 1m wide; beginning of stone wall at top left of pic
10 crossed low stone wall; now a peat soil with mixed with rock
11 30m pic8 looking back down towards stone wall, shows path; tape = on up 0.5m
12 15400 pic9 shows path about 1m wide; low on the left, high and 06739 widening on the right
13 30m pic11 shows another example of "two" paths, one higher, one on up lower; tape = 0.5m
14 10m path crosses narrow grassy strip and climbs up bank opposite on up
15 15253 path widens to 4.5m; two distinct paths i.e. braided 06838
pic12 looking back down, shows this; tape = 0.5m
16 15214 pic33 looking back down shows path eroded down to stone and 06933 widening on the left; black rucksack for scale
17 15183 path width <= 2m 06991
pic13 looking up shows this; gully on LHS a watercourse in wet weather; tape=0.5m; at the top of the picture the path width = 5m
18 near the top of the slope shown in pic13
pic14 shows braiding i.e. a "new" path developing to the L of the main one
19 pic15 looks down from the top of this rise (the horizon seen in pic13); the forest on the far (E) side of the Clohogue valley can be seen in the background
20 15063 a flat area of grass / peat just above the last rise; the path wide and 07158 braiding here; width 4-5m
21 30m wet area; damage out to 10m wide on up
pic 16 shows three "terraces" (different paths at different heights), then the path collapsing on the RHS; tape = 0.5m
22 15052 minor path branches off to the right, closer to the steep slope 07246 above Lough Tay; I took main path. Path width below the junction = 7m; width above = 2m
23 20m path widens again to 5m opposite a large (3m x 2m high) boulder on 30m to the L of the path
24 15008 07349
pic17 looking down shows path on soft peat churned up
25 15012 Luggala summit 07408
26 50m towards Sally Gap; there is another narrower path about 100m to on the R of this main path
pic18 shows general view of this path to the NW
27 same pic19 at same position, looking back SE towards Luggala summit; shows wet area; same two small (<.5m) white stones in foreground in both pics
28 summit pic20 from top of today's path, looking N, shows eroded summit area; the summit itself marked by the white stones; War Hill and Djouce in the background
29 summit pic21 shows path going NE from the summit; White Hill and partially felled forest in background
30 30m on this NE path; a badly eroded / gullied bank on
31 15121 path dividing / braiding and wide, especially on the steeper 07505 sections
pic22 looking down (NE) shows this
32 same pic23 looking back up, shows same; summit can be seen in the background
33 15234 path badly eroded, widened and "terraced" at very large boulder on 07573 LHS
34 15310 opposite large, steep gully descending to Lough Tay; path 07660 becomes narrow
35 15393 braiding; the path generally is single file width and braiding in 07667 places; heather and bilberry on both sides
36 15585 path splits, minor path going to the right nearer the top of the cliffs; 07816 I followed the main one
37 15528 Finished, overlooking Guinness House; path from point 35 to here 07942 generally single file width; now getting difficult to follow…..
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