Tower on Slieve Meelmore, The Mourne Wall, Mourne Scheme, Co. Down. is a Grade B1 listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 15 March 1996.

Tower on Slieve Meelmore, The Mourne Wall, Mourne Scheme, Co. Down.

WRENN ID: idle-keystone-grain
Grade: B1
Local Planning Authority: Newry, Mourne and Down
Constituency: South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
Country: Northern Ireland
Date first listed: 15 March 1996
Irish grid reference: J 306 287
Coordinates: 54.19124, -5.99978
Source: NI Environment Agency listing

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Local climate

Tower on Slieve Meelmore, The Mourne Wall, Mourne Scheme, Co. Down. sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

Tower on Slieve Meelmore, The Mourne Wall, Mourne Scheme, Co. Down.

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