Mourne Wall

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The Mourne Wall is a historic dry-stone wall in the Mourne Mountains of Northern Ireland, built in the early 20th century to enclose and protect the catchment area for the Silent Valley Reservoir.

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Mourne Wall canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dry-stone wall
historic structure
tourist attraction
builtBy Belfast Water Commissioners
builtFor Belfast Corporation
builtInPeriod early 20th century
constructionEnd 1922
constructionMethod dry stone
constructionStart 1904
country United Kingdom
crosses Slieve Bearnagh
Slieve Binnian
Slieve Commedagh
Slieve Donard
Slieve Meelbeg
Slieve Meelmore
Slieve Muck
Slieve Binnian
surface form: Slievenaglogh
encloses Silent Valley Reservoir catchment area
Silent Valley and Annalong Valley catchments
featureOf Mourne Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of the Mourne Mountains landscape
hasSectionShape roughly circular around main Mourne peaks
hasStyle traditional Irish dry-stone construction
heritageStatus listed structure in Northern Ireland
highestPoint near summit of Slieve Donard
historicalFunction to mark the boundary of the water board estate
to prevent livestock entering the water catchment
length approximately 22 miles
approximately 35 kilometres
locatedIn County Down
Mourne Mountains
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
maintainedBy Northern Ireland Water
material stone
mountainRange Mourne Mountains
near Silent Valley Mountain Park
Silent Valley Reservoir
notableFor engineering achievement in remote mountain terrain
length and continuity across multiple mountain summits
partOf Northern Ireland Water
surface form: Belfast water supply infrastructure
purpose to enclose the catchment area for the Silent Valley Reservoir
to protect the water supply for Belfast
tourismActivity Mourne Wall walk
usedFor hiking route
navigation aid in the Mourne Mountains

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Slieve Donard summitFeature Mourne Wall
Slieve Donard hasStructure Mourne Wall
Mourne Mountains contains Mourne Wall
OSNI Discoverer 29 hasSubject Mourne Wall