Discrepency on map of wicklow way.

SNAKEDOC

I done a route from the upper car park in glendalough on sunday last south along the way then back by lugduff and the spink and i had stopped to get a 1.25000 scale map as all mine are 1.50000 and fearly tatered. I noticed the way summited mulacor so i headed off following the way marked route not bothering with the map until i came to the junction with the turnaround area between mulacor and lugduff east. I was left frazilled for a second as the way marked route does not correspond to the map. Has anyone any thoughts on this or am i imagining it.

sparrowcar

What year was your map printed?

Paths change depending on many variants not least by the storms/floods of recent years. Also forest works by Coilte etc may have created new tracks/paths.

If none of the above can you post a picture of where you mean?

Judge

The original route of the Wicklow Way did take in the summit of Mullacor but it was diverted away some years later on account of the erosion of the track to the summit. I don't think the Way has gone via Mullacor since at least the mid-1990s.

The only 1:25,000 scale map of the Wicklow Way that I am aware of is the one published by OSI when the route was first opened in 1981 - is that the map you have? if so, that would indeed show the Way going across the summit of Mullacor but, as you have probably by now realised, that map is way out of date.

SNAKEDOC

No its a new map and i dont have it to hand but i got it at the petrol station in laragh before my walk and its a 1.25000 scale map but not by osi its like an orienteering map. It doesnt have any ledgend on it to mention only tracks and roads no amenities. The spot in question is between mulacor and lugduff close to where the spink trail meets the wicklow way. Ill attempt to get a pic up tomoro when i get home. The map appeared to be new print from what i could tell along the way until that point. I had suspected that the WW had being redirceted to facilitate tree felling and maintainance as ive being on the WW many times in this area but i was annoyed to find a map to be so inacurate.

Alun

Ah, that'll be the Glendalough Glenmalure map by Pat Healy, which is positively ancient at this stage, I'm surprised they're selling them any more to be honest, my copy (no longer used) is dated 1998! It does indeed show the WW going over Mullacor, which as Judge said it hasn't done for a long, long time.

My advice would be to ditch it and get yourself a copy of the relevant East West mapping maps, much more up to date and much more detail, especially of tracks.

SNAKEDOC

Alun wrote: »

Ah, that'll be the Glendalough Glenmalure map by Pat Healy, which is positively ancient at this stage, I'm surprised they're selling them any more to be honest, my copy (no longer used) is dated 1998! It does indeed show the WW going over Mullacor, which as Judge said it hasn't done for a long, long time.

My advice would be to ditch it and get yourself a copy of the relevant East West mapping maps, much more up to date and much more detail, especially of tracks.

Thats exactly what i was looking for on the day but they were out of stock. I grabbed this one cus it seemed to be the next best thing and there wasnt a date in it. I might say it to the shop keeper next day im in to get them down of the shelf cus there was abotu ten of them. Ill live and learn, thanks.

Alun

Mine has a date on the bottom right hand corner, in the white panel with all the copyright stuff.

SNAKEDOC

Ill have a look and let ya know. Ill probably throw it out the window when i see 1995 on it or something. TYPICAL.