J3428 : The Mourne Wall, Slieve Commedagh

taken 4 years ago, 5 km SW of Newcastle, Co Down, Northern Ireland

The Mourne Wall, Slieve Commedagh
The Mourne Wall, Slieve Commedagh
As the Mourne Wall reaches the top of Slieve Commedagh it is broken by this stone shelter. It carries the date on construction on the lintel above the entrance - 1913. See also the other two shelters in the wall at J3527 : The Mourne Wall, Slieve Donard and J3028 : The Mourne Wall, Slieve Meelmore.
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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J3428, 73 images   (more nearby search)
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Sunday, 31 May, 2020   (more nearby)
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Monday, 1 June, 2020
Geographical Context
Historic sites and artefacts  Uplands  Boundary, Barrier 
Primary Subject of Photo
Wall 
Place (from Tags)
Mourne Wall 
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Shelter 
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Shelter 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 344 284 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:11.2299N 5:56.5137W
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Irish: geotagged! J 344 284
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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Mourne  Mournes  Mourne Wall  Shelter 

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