Sheeps Head - Revision history

Damo95: /* West Inlet. */

2026-07-18T21:19:43Z

West Inlet.

2026-07-18T21:11:49Z

West Inlet.

2026-07-18T21:08:28Z

West Inlet (from base).

2026-06-21T09:57:33Z

Cub Crag

2026-05-30T11:13:20Z

Cub Crag

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Sqaure faced Buttress

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Tooreen

2026-05-29T22:19:26Z

Cub Crag

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Cub Crag

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Cub Crag

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	'''Happy Cathy''' D C. McGovern, G,. Moss 1/5/2023 Start: Abseil down Recessed Slab to some blocks. Scramble on down to belay on a ledge just above the high water mark. Step L across the gap and continue diagonally L to the foot of the headwall, which is climbed near its R edge.		'''Happy Cathy''' D C. McGovern, G,. Moss 1/5/2023 Start: Abseil down Recessed Slab to some blocks. Scramble on down to belay on a ledge just above the high water mark. Step L across the gap and continue diagonally L to the foot of the headwall, which is climbed near its R edge.

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-[[File:Screenshot 20260718 220640 Gallery.jpg|thumb|401.116x401.116px|West inlet from base]]
+[[File:Screenshot 20260718 220640 Gallery.jpg|thumb|West inlet from base. A B & C visible. Perhaps its Ressesed Slab to the left (?) but not confirmed. |alt=]]

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 '''Happy Cathy'''    D                                                                                                                                                                                                                      C. McGovern, G,. Moss 1/5/2023                                                                                                                                                                                           Start: Abseil down Recessed Slab to some blocks. Scramble on down to belay on a ledge just above the high water mark. Step L across the gap and continue diagonally L to the foot of the headwall, which is climbed near its R edge.

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−	Small crag full of easy lines off to the right of the square faced buttress, closer to sea. Maybe 6-8m high (?), lots of horizontal cracks. Likely been climbed before, but putting them here for reference and giving names untill someone else claims them.	+	Small crag full of easy lines off to the right of the square faced buttress, closer to sea. Maybe 6-8m high (?), lots of horizontal cracks.
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		+	Likely been climbed before, but putting them here for reference and giving names untill someone else claims them.

	Can scramble up and down the left side (facing the wall) using the flakes. Probably can get up and down the right side too but didn't try it. only did 2 routes to start but plenty potential for more easy climbs there.		Can scramble up and down the left side (facing the wall) using the flakes. Probably can get up and down the right side too but didn't try it. only did 2 routes to start but plenty potential for more easy climbs there.

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 Beware of loose rocks though, test everything.
-'''(A) Abalak Digger.''' 		D<br>Damien Collins & Ger O'Sullivan 29/5/2026
+'''(A) Abalak Digger''' 		D<br>Damien Collins & Ger O'Sullivan 29/5/2026
 Roughly follows second fault/weakness in wall from left side. Up to small overhang and went around to right and up to finish.
-'''(B) ???.''' 		?<br>Ger O'Sullivan & Damien collins  29/5/2026
+'''(B) Ticks in the Heather''' 		VD<br>Ger O'Sullivan & Damien collins  29/5/2026
 tougher start and easy finish. Starts at beginning of overhang section approx 3/4 of the way across from left edge of crag, pink flowers sprouting from bottom half of the crack at regular intervals.  Climb the overhang using a big flake and then easier climbing up to finish. Horizontal cracks and cams.

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 Park at the Turning Table Café, where the road ends. Follow the Sheep's Head Way south for about two hundred meters and then drop down left, heading roughly southwest, aiming for the southern end of some old fields down below. The crags are about 50 meters above the fields.
-===Sqaure faced Buttress===
+===Square faced Buttress===
 A small attractive buttress 50m left or West of Mizen View
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 Climb the cracks 2m to the right of the crack in the centre of the wall. Delicate, technical moves in the upper half.
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-Small crag full of easy lines off to the right of of the square faced buttress, closer to sea. Maybe 6-8m high (?), lots of horizontal cracks.  Likely been climbed before, but putting them here for reference and giving names untill someone else claims them.
+Small crag full of easy lines off to the right of the square faced buttress, closer to sea. Maybe 6-8m high (?), lots of horizontal cracks.  Likely been climbed before, but putting them here for reference and giving names untill someone else claims them.
 Can scramble up and down the left side (facing the wall) using the flakes. Probably can get up and down the right side too but didn't try it. only did 2 routes to start but plenty potential for more easy climbs there.

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 Park at the Turning Table Café, where the road ends. Follow the Sheep's Head Way south for about two hundred meters and then drop down left, heading roughly southwest, aiming for the southern end of some old fields down below. The crags are about 50 meters above the fields.
-'''Square-faced Buttress'''
+===Sqaure faced Buttress===
 A small attractive buttress 50m left or West of Mizen View
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 Climb the wall just right of the left arete.
-'''Specks in Space''' 12m HVS
+'''Specks in Space''' 12m  HVS
 Gerry Galligan, Barry Watts, 29/6/2018.
 Climb the cracks 2m to the right of the crack in the centre of the wall. Delicate, technical moves in the upper half.
 and this one is above the remains of a stone wall that runs up from the southern end of the last field. The crag, which is split in two, stacked one behind the other, is distinguished by the numerous white quartzite streaks.

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	===Cub Crag===		===Cub Crag===
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