Slieve Meelmore
Slieve Meelmore is one of the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It rises to 680 m (2230 ft) and is the seventh-highest of the Mournes. To its south is Slieve Meelbeg and to its east is Slieve Bearnagh. The Mourne Wall passes over its summit.
Slieve Meelmore is a popular hiking destination and is six miles (ten kilometres) east of the village of Hilltown.[2]
The seventh "Seven"
The 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]
References
- ^ "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