Extract from

Extract from 'This Way Up!'

(Published 1997, ISBN 0 9514547 9X IR£2.50)

GLENCULLEN TO PRINCE WILLIAM'S SEAT, KNOCKNAGUN

Clear-felled forest forms a not very attractive foreground to pleasant views over Glencullen.

Approach from W: Drive through Rockbrook, turn L at the tee over 1 mile S of the village. pass the layby for the bus terminus on the L about 2.5 miles further on and take the next turn R, Boranaralty Lane. Drive to the nearby bridge around which there is limited parking ( 169205).

Approach from E: Drive W (that is towards the head of the valley) from Glencullen Cross, turning L into Boranaralty Lane after about a mile. Drive to the nearby bridge.

Route: Nearly all of this route follows the present (1997) line of the wicklow Way. Continue onward from the bridge to follow a narrow road steadily uphill SE. At the first gate it narrows to a track and less than 10 mins beyond this, turn R onto another track running steeply uphill to meet a tee. To reach Prince William's Seat turn L into forest, still on a track, and SW on emerging from it. To reach Knocknagun turn R, still on a track, to reach a stream with a rough path running upward along its side. Take this path to reach nearby open ground (168196). Knocknagun lies SW.

Note: The path from Prince William's Seat to Knocknagun is badly eroded. Use this area only when necessary and take great care to minimise further damage.

Glencullen to Prince William's Seat, Knocknagun

Sketch Map