Lacken Mass Path
Distance and time given are from trailhead to end of trail only - please double if walking to the end of the trail and back to the trailhead
Grade
Moderate
Length
1.9 km
Am
30 minutes
Format
Linear
Ascent
110 m
Dogs Allowed
No
Waymarking
Green arrows on white background
Start Point
10 m to left of old shop in Lacken (Now Closed)
Finish Point
10 m to left of old shop in Lacken (Now Closed)
Nearest Town to Start
Lacken
Grid Ref.
O 011 110
Lat. and Long.
53.140278, -6.488517
This "Mass Path" was used for over 200 years by the people of Lugnagun and Blackrock to go to church, school, shop and pub in Lacken before cars became plentiful and is marked on the Griffiths Valuation maps of 1856. It is built with stone walls 8 feet high in places and passes through a landscape still bearing the scars of the famine years, ruined houses and potato ridges, etc. Views of Poulaphuca Reservoir and Mid Leinster as far as the Slieve Bloom Mountains are magnificent.
Maps and other information
External Links
Trail Management
Lacken Tidy Villages, Lacken C C, Lacken, Blessington, Co Wicklow
OSI Maps
Discovery Series Sheet 56
Public Transportation
None