Mourne Guide / Slieve Loughshannagh

The summit cairn on Slieve Loughshannagh

Slieve Loughshannagh.

A central summit northwest of Doan.

The summit cairn on Slieve Loughshannagh. Photo credit & licence

Slieve Loughshannagh stands northwest of Doan and south of Slieve Meelbeg. It sits between the lower central hills and the higher Meelbeg ridge.

Summit height
617 m

Planning a walk

Choose a route that suits your group and check access before setting out. Take a current map and know how to use it. Even the lower hills can have rough, steep or exposed ground.

Sources & height notes

DoBIH v18.6 published height. Other sources and surveys may differ; this is not total ascent.

Locations are based on mapped summit points. For walking directions, use a current map and your chosen route.

Slieve Loughshannagh lies northwest of Doan and south of Slieve Meelbeg. The published heights differ slightly by source; its position places it between the central lower hills and the higher Meelbeg ridge.

Data licence: ODbL 1.0 (combined catalogue); DoBIH fields also CC BY 4.0. Source credits.

The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.6

Checked 2026-10-08: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.6 · DoBIH v18.6 dataset and CC BY 4.0 licence · OpenStreetMap named peak — Geofabrik snapshot · Regional tourism — published height variants.