Slieve Meelmore is a mountain located in the

Mourne Mountains The Mourne Mountains ( ; ga, Beanna Boirche), also called the Mournes or Mountains of Mourne, are a granite mountain range in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland. They include the highest mountains in Northern Ireland, the high ...

. It is a popular hiking destination and is just under 6 mile east of the village of Hilltown. The mountain stands at a height of 680 m (2230 ft) and is the 7th highest mountain in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

, it is located in the West Mournes with

Slieve Meelbeg Slieve Meelbeg is a mountain located in the Mourne Mountains The Mourne Mountains ( ; ga, Beanna Boirche), also called the Mournes or Mountains of Mourne, are a granite mountain range in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland. ...

to the south and

Slieve Bearnagh Slieve Bearnagh () is one of the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has a height of . Its summit is crowned by two tors with a gap between them, giving it a distinctive shape. The Mourne Wall crosses the summit of Slieve Bearna ...

to the east. The

Mourne Wall The Mourne Wall ( ga, Balla an Mhúrn) was constructed to enclose a catchment area of the Silent Valley Reservoir in the Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland. The high stone wall, which was built to keep livestock from contaminating water supplie ...

passes over its summit.

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 which are higher than 700m. When the event was first organised in 1992, a published map for the area displayed a spot height of 704m at the mountain's summit. In 2004, it was discovered by a participant that the actual spot height is several metres less than the required 700m. This error has since been corrected on more recent editions of the map, thereby removing the mountain's status as a true "Seven".

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Geography of County Down {{Down-geo-stub