J3028 : The Mourne Wall, Slieve Meelmore

taken 5 years ago, 5 km SSE of Kilcoo, Co Down, Northern Ireland

The Mourne Wall, Slieve Meelmore
The Mourne Wall, Slieve Meelmore
The Mourne Wall on the eastern slope of Slieve Meelmore; Slieve Bearnagh is directly ahead and the continuation of the wall up the steep slope of the mountain is clearly seen.
The Mourne Wall

The Mourne Wall is a 22 mile long wall in the Mourne Mountains. It was built between 1904 and 1922 by the Belfast Water Commissioners to enclose their catchment areas in the Mournes and protect the area from the effects of cattle and sheep on the water course LinkExternal link . The wall is predominately constructed from local granite using traditional dry stone walling techniques; on average the wall is about 1.5 metres high and 0.8 to 0.9 metres thick. It is not uniform in construction along the entire length - the 'classic' granite wall is only to be found north of Carn mountain and Long Seefin with particularly impressive sections on Slieve Commedagh and Slieve Donard; elsewhere it largely resembles the traditional dry stone walls found elsewhere in the Mournes and south County Down. In places, such as Slieve Muck, the wall is not constructed of granite at all.

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J3028, 56 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Tuesday, 2 July, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 5 July, 2019
Geographical Context
Historic sites and artefacts  Uplands  Boundary, Barrier 
Place (from Tags)
Mourne Wall  Mourne Mountains 
Primary Subject of Photo
Mountainside 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 307 285 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:11.3513N 5:59.8722W
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Irish: geotagged! J 307 285
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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Mourne Wall  Kingdom of Mourne  Mountains of Mourne  Mournes  Wall  Dry Stone Wall  Drystone Wall  Drystone Walls  Slieve Meelmore  Meelmore 

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