This is an excellent off-road hill walk over rough tracks and moorland, with views of
the Bluestack and High Sperrin Mountain ranges.
Nearest Towns: Omagh, Gortin
Distance: 9 miles (14.4km) Circular
Points of Interest: Mountain views,
Castleroddy National School ruins,
The Robbers Table refuge
Exit Gortin Glen Forest Park car park
turning right then left onto the Lisnaharney
Road for about 1.2 miles (2km), passing by
the ruin of Castleroddy National School.
At the 4th junction follow the signs for
‘Lisnaharney Right of Way’, a surfaced lane
that soon becomes a grassy off-road track.
The landscape is replete with hedgerows
and stone walls and as you walk uphill,
passing Curraghchosaly Mountain, there
are fantastic views across the Sperrins.
From the summit, the track descends to a
minor road. On a clear day you will see the
Bluestack Mountains and Errigal Mountain
in Donegal.
Turn left and look for the sign denoting,
‘Eskeradooey Public Right of Way’ and
follow this wide farm-track uphill, skirting
field boundaries. The Robbers Table is a
refuge near the top where a local rapparee
caused havoc along the carriageways in
the 17th century. Continue to the top
before descending, passing through a
kissing gate, onto a minor road joining the
Lisnaharney road, turning left to retrace
your steps back to the car park.
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