Dermot Mather took this fantastic picture back in 2019. You can find Dermot on socials as run2explore365.
The Mourne Wall (Irish: Balla an Mhúrn) was constructed to enclose a catchment area of the Silent Valley Reservoir in the Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland. The 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high stone wall, which was built to keep livestock from contaminating water supplies, took almost twenty years to complete (1904 to 1922). The project was overseen by the Belfast City and District Water Commissioners.
The wall was crafted from natural granite stone using traditional dry stone walling techniques. On average the wall is about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high and 0.8 to 0.9 m (2 ft 7 in to 2 ft 11 in) thick and is estimated to be 19.5 mi (31.4 km) long Stonemasons worked from March to mid-October for 18 years to build the wall.
Wow, that’s really cool. Never heard of it before
I was hiking around there before, it’s seriously impressive work up close.
Similar to the one on the Galtees
fuck you Hadrian and China
Is it to keep us out or the Nordies in?
Beautiful shot
Not often you get an actual good photo on R/ ireland without horses in it.
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Dermot Mather took this fantastic picture back in 2019. You can find Dermot on socials as run2explore365.
The Mourne Wall (Irish: Balla an Mhúrn) was constructed to enclose a catchment area of the Silent Valley Reservoir in the Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland. The 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high stone wall, which was built to keep livestock from contaminating water supplies, took almost twenty years to complete (1904 to 1922). The project was overseen by the Belfast City and District Water Commissioners.
The wall was crafted from natural granite stone using traditional dry stone walling techniques. On average the wall is about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high and 0.8 to 0.9 m (2 ft 7 in to 2 ft 11 in) thick and is estimated to be 19.5 mi (31.4 km) long Stonemasons worked from March to mid-October for 18 years to build the wall.
Wow, that’s really cool. Never heard of it before
I was hiking around there before, it’s seriously impressive work up close.
Similar to the one on the Galtees
fuck you Hadrian and China
Is it to keep us out or the Nordies in?
Beautiful shot
Not often you get an actual good photo on R/ ireland without horses in it.
Ireland is so beautiful! It’s on my bucket list!