Slieve Meelmore


Slieve Meelmore is one of the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It rises to 680 m 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 east of the village of Hilltown.

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. When the event was first organised in 1992, a published map for the area displayed a spot height of at the mountain's summit. In 2004, a participant discovered that the actual spot height is several metres below the required 700 m.