Slieve Muck Explained

Slieve Muck
Other Name:Sliabh Muc
Elevation M:670.4
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:156
Range:Mourne Mountains
Listing:Marilyn, Hewitt
Location:County Down, Northern Ireland
Map:Northern Ireland
Map Size:300
Label Position:right
Coordinates:54.158°N -6.0397°W
Grid Ref Ireland:J282250
Topo:OSNI Landranger 29, OSNI Outdoor Pursuits map Mourne Country

Slieve Muck (;) is one of the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland.[2] It has a height of . The River Bann has its source on the northern slope.[3] [4]

Slieve Muck has three summits which are composed of Silurian shale covering the underlying granite. The shale forms an escarpment near the eastern side of the summits. The western slope is grassy and has a number of small streams flowing into the Deer's Meadow below. The eastern slope below the escarpment is made up of stony scree with lighter coloured areas appearing to spell out POV when seen from a distance, local people have used their imagination to complete the word Poverty, which has led to the mountain also being referred to as Poverty Mountain.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Slieve Muck at MountainViews.ie . MountainViews.ie . 25 March 2019.
  2. Book: Evans, Emyr Estyn . Mourne Country: Landscape and Life in South Down . Dundalgan Press . 1951. first. 218.
  3. News: Go Walk: Slieve Muck, Co Down . 22 Aug 2009 . Irish Times . 25 March 2019 . en.
  4. Book: A History of the County of Down, from the Most Remote Period to the Present Day: Including an Account of Its Early Colonization, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military Policy . Hodges, Foster & Company . 1875 . 305.
  5. Book: Evans, Emyr Estyn . Mourne Country: Landscape and Life in South Down . fourth . Dundalgan Press . 1989 . 19.