Dalkey Quarry
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Dalkey quarry is a long-disused 19th century granite quarry located on Dalkey Hill in the Dublin suburb of Dalkey, which was used to build several large maritime structures in south Dublin. Since pass
Dalkey quarry, looking north and down into the West Valley, from the top of the Upper Cliffs
Central Buttress on the Upper Cliffs, home to the quarry's longest routes and some of the hardest. Lines from left to right: Slapstick (E7 6b), Central Buttress (E1 5b), Port Cullis (E4 6a). Signalling tower is top left.
Climbers on Gargoyle Groove (HVS 5b, 1957), in the West Valley
Dublin Bay from "Kingstown Quarries" aka Dalkey quarry (circa 1856-1907)
Fair Head
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Fair Head or Benmore is a five-kilometre-long, 200-metre-high, mountain cliff, close to the sea, at the north-eastern corner of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The cliff's sheer and vertical 100-metr
Dalkey Quarry
…grades to E8 6c (e.g. Indecent Assault now regraded to E8). The number and density of routes in Dalkey Quarry is high given the size of the quarry (e.g. Fair Head's 5 km long cliff has circa 450 routes, and Ailladie's 1 km-long cliff has circa 200 routes), however, its popularity is due to its position as the…
Fair Head's distinctive organ pipe dolerite columns, as taken from the Rathlin Island–Ballycastle ferry
The single-pitch Fireball (E1 5b) on The Prow
Layout of main Fair Head sections
The collapsed column across the Grey Man's Path Gully has always been a tourist attraction