Where is Spelga Reservoir?

Spelga Reservoir is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT34 5XL).

How do I get to Spelga Reservoir?

Drivers can use postcode BT34 5XL.

Is Spelga Reservoir free to visit?

Yes, Spelga Reservoir is free to enter.

How do I get to Spelga Reservoir?

Drivers can navigate to postcode BT34 5XL. It sits within the South Down parliamentary constituency.

Reservoirs & lochs · Northern Ireland

Spelga Reservoir

In or near Kilcoo.

Free admission🐾 Dog-friendly

Spelga Reservoir — lake in the United Kingdom.

Spelga Reservoir, reservoirs & lochs in Northern Ireland — Wikimedia Commons contributors — see linked file page for photographer and licence licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Spelga Reservoir is a reservoir in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "lake in the United Kingdom". Coordinates: 54.1736°, -6.0606°.

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From the Wikipedia article

Spelga Reservoir is a reservoir in the townland of Spelga (Irish: Speilgeach, meaning 'abounding in pointed rocks') in the Mourne Mountains of County Down, Northern Ireland. It was formed by the Spelga Dam and sits at over 1,200 ft (370 m) above sea level. It has a volume of 2,700,000 cubic metres and a catchment area of 5.423 km2. It occupies an area known as Deers Meadow, and impounds the River Bann, which rises on the nearby Slieve Muck.

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Background

Architecture

The reservoir and dam were built as part of a project that had origins in the idea of supplying water to Belfast, in 1894. The Spelga Reservoir itself was developed between 1953 and 1957. As part of the construction, the B27 road was rebuilt above the reservoir to replace the original road submerged by the construction. The Dam was designed by the Belfast engineering firm of R. Ferguson and S. McIlveen and construction was undertaken by John Laing & Sons. Prior to the construction of the reservoir, archaeological excavation was carried out and three groups of transhumant buildings, or booley huts, were identified. Some of the structures were dated to the eighteenth century, but it is…

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Coordinates: 54.1736, -6.0606
District: Newry, Mourne and Down
Postcode: BT34 5XL
Parliamentary constituency: South Down

Sources

wikidata: Q7351238 (CC0)
wikipedia: Spelga Reservoir (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Mourne mountains spelga reservoir.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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