It is made up of two sections: Annalong Wood and Silent Valley.

[1] It is part of the Mourne Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

One, which started on 30 April 2011, required 10 fire engines to extinguish and caused the temporary closure of several roads.

[3][4] Another, on 24 April 2010, destroyed approximately 50 hectares of gorse and was believed to have been started deliberately.

This article related to the geography of County Down, Northern Ireland is a stub.