Shanes Hill To Glenarm Walk
Ballymena, Antrim,
Phone: T: (028) 2563 8494
About
A good moorland tramp, sometimes boggy, along the seaward crest of the Antrim Plateau. On the Ulster Way throughout, though waymarks sometimes signify a direction other than the path, so be sure to take OS sheet 9. Features: grouse, meadow pipits (Agnew's Hill), Blackface sheep and cattle on the open hills, splendid carp of Sallagh Braes. Rough stony ground, bracken and whins of Crockandoo (black hillock) provide a good nesting territory. Good view from Black Hill of the long rough walled pastures running down to Glenarm, one of the loveliest of the Antrim glens. Turrets of Glenarm castle (private) are visible.
