Turners Rock

Rising above the historic Caha Pass tunnel on the border of Cork and Kerry, this craggy sandstone summit offers a grandstand view of the Beara Peninsula. The terrain is typical of the Shehy Mountains—a mix of rough heath and rock steps—providing a quick but rewarding ascent for those travelling between Glengarriff and Kenmare.

• •The hill is famous for the Turner's Rock Tunnel, a hand-hewn engineering feat completed in the 1840s to allow the road to pass through the mountain ridge rather than over it.
• •From the 422m summit, walkers earn a clear perspective of Bantry Bay to the south and the jagged profile of Sugarloaf Mountain in the neighbouring Caha Range to the west.
• •The summit serves as a boundary marker between County Cork and County Kerry, situated on the high ridge that separates the drainage basins of the Kenmare River and Bantry Bay.
• •While the mountain offers a peaceful escape, it is one of the few summits in the region where the distant hum of coach engines tackling the hairpins of the N71 provides a constant soundtrack to the climb.