J3223 : The Mourne Wall, Slieve Binnian

taken 2 years ago, 6 km NE of Attical, Co Down, Northern Ireland

The Mourne Wall, Slieve Binnian
The Mourne Wall, Slieve Binnian
The Mourne Wall close to the summit of Slieve Binnian. The wall here is only a few feet high in places and of a very simple construction. I have ascended from Carrick Little - the stile marks another path which leads up from Silent Valley.
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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Friday, 31 December, 2021   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 2 January, 2022
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Uplands 
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Mourne Mountains 
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Mist  Misty 
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Wall 
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Irish: geotagged! J 322 233 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:8.5378N 5:58.6307W
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Irish: geotagged! J 322 233
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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Kingdom of Mourne  Mountains of Mourne  Mourne  Mournes  Mountain Path  Dry Stone Wall  Drystone Wall  Stile  Mist  Mountain Mist  Misty Day  Misty Morning 

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