Slieve Meelmore is a mountain in the Mourne Mountains. It is a popular hiking destination and is just under six miles (ten kilometres) east of the village of Hilltown.[2] The mountain stands at a height of 680 m (2230 ft) and is the seventh-highest mountain in Northern Ireland. It is in the West Mournes with Slieve Meelbeg to the south and Slieve Bearnagh to the east. The Mourne Wall passes over its summit.
| Slieve Meelbeg | |
|---|---|
 Slieve Meelmore (left) and Slieve Meelbeg | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 680 m (2,230 ft) |
| Prominence | 109 m (358 ft) |
| Listing | Marilyn |
| Geography | |
 | |
| Location | County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Parent range | Mourne Mountains |
| OSI/OSNI grid | J30580 28689[1] |
The seventh "Seven"
editThe mountain is mistakenly referred to as the seventh "Seven" in the annual Mourne Sevens challenge walk. This one-day event requires participating hillwalkers to visit all summits in the Mourne Mountains that are higher than 700 m (2,300 ft). When the event was first organised in 1992, a published map for the area displayed a spot height of 704 m (2,310 ft) at the mountain's summit. In 2004, a participant discovered that the actual spot height is several metres below the required 700 m.[3] This error has been corrected on more recent editions of the map, removing the mountain's status as a true "Seven".
References
edit- ^ "Irish Grid Reference". Irish Grid Reference Finder.
- ^ "Walk NI- Meelbeg". Walkni.com. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Mourne Mountain Mythical Measurements (blog post by Kieron Gribbon)". Retrieved 18 August 2019.
54°11′28″N 5°59′59″W / 54.1912°N 5.9996°W
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