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The name Annalong, which means ford of the ships, may refer to the raids made by Viking long
boats in Mourne during the Early Christian period. Certainly the attraction of Annalong - the intimacy of its
harbour amidst its magnificent mountain landscape - cannot have changed much since then. Constructed in
the 1880's, the stone harbour walls form an inner and outer harbour out of a natural inlet in the rock.
Here, fulmars, black guillemots and herring gulls nest in small holes, while the masts and rigging of the
fishing smacks are visible above the quay. On the north-west side of the harbour is a rubble built corn mill,
complete with wheel (now owned by the National Trust), while tucked away behind the port is Annalong's
whitewashed navigation mark.
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