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Silent Valley Mountain Park
Reservoir scenery and the story of the workers who helped bring Mourne water to Belfast.
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Granite, water & local history.
Read the landscape through its quarries, reservoirs and stone walls.
The Granite Trail explores the quarrying story above Newcastle. The dams and reservoirs tell a different story: how mountain water became part of a wider supply system. Explore the place guides to discover the stories behind the landscape.
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Ben Crom Reservoir & Dam
A concrete gravity dam farther up the Kilkeel valley from Silent Valley, completed in 1957.
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Spelga Dam & Reservoir
A 1950s reservoir in Deers Meadow, holding back the River Bann among the Mourne hills.
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Fofanny Reservoir
Part of the upland catchment that feeds the Fofanny drinking-water system.
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Lough Island Reavy
A man-made water-supply reservoir near Kilcoo on the edge of the Mournes.
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The Granite Trail
Newcastle’s granite-working history, from the harbour approach to old quarry landscapes.
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