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Place count in area: 10, OSI/LPS Maps: 15, 20, 21
Highest place: Divis, 478m Maximum height for area: 478 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 380 metres,
Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
CairngaverHillCarn Geamhair A name in Irish (prob. Ir. Carn Geamhair [PDT], 'cairn of the corn-grass')DownCounty, in Binnion List, Sandstone Bedrock
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Cairngaver is the highest point in the Craigantlet Hills between Belfast and Bangor. The name refers to a cairn on the summit, which must once have been of considerable size. However, it appears to have been robbed out, leaving only a high ring-shaped bank. The summit is shaded by a grove, open enough to permit good views of the Ards and Strangford Lough, in which Scrabo Tower features prominently. The anglicised form Cairngaver suggests that the second element is geamhar, 'corn in the blade', 'corn-grass' (Dinneen). This is more probable than *Carn Gabhar, which one would expect to yield anglicised forms like *Cairngore in Ulster or *Carngower elsewhere.
Cairngaver is the 1361th highest place in Ireland. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1029/?PHPSESSID=st54hvtb50cubi3jnalok6ntf2