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Belfast Hills Area   N: Belfast Hills North Subarea
Place count in area: 9, OSI/LPS Maps: 15, 20, 21 
Highest place:
Divis, 478m
Maximum height for area: 478 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 380 metres,

Places in area Belfast Hills:
E: Belfast Hills East:   Cairngaver 217mOuley Hill 186mScrabo Hill 161m
N: Belfast Hills North:   Carnmoney Hill 231.1mCave Hill 368mDivis 478mSlievetrue 312m
SE: Strangford & Portaferry:   Ballywhite Hill 101mCastlemahon Mountain 128m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Divis Hill Dubhais A name in Irish (Ir. Dubhais [DUPN], 'black ridge/peak') Antrim County in NI and in Ulster Province, in Carn List, Olivine basalt lava Bedrock

Height: 478m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 15 Grid Reference: J28077 75480
Place visited by 170 members. Recently by: benjimann9, bowler, jjbireland700s, moggy40, childminder05, trostanite, Colin Murphy, cmcv10, Tricia-Mulligan, miriam, ptully362, Florence, Paddym99, Oscar-mckinney, Sperrinwalker
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Longitude: -6.018467, Latitude: 54.611279 , Easting: 328077, Northing: 375480 Prominence: 380m,  Isolation: 6km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 727998 875474,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Divis, 10 char: Divis
Bedrock type: Olivine basalt lava, (Lower Basalt Formation)

For a long time dominated by a Ministry of Defence military zone, Divis was acquired by the National Trust in 2004 with assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Department of the Environment NI. About 1 km W of the summit on Armstrongs Hill is the site of a cairn, which is named Carn Sheaain Bhuidhe (Yellow Johns Cairn) on the 1:25,000 OS map of Belfast City LGD. F. J. Bigger suggests that the Seán Buí in question was one of the O'Neill dynasty (Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, ser. 2, vol. iv (1893-94, 105). There were several chiefs of the name Shane O'Neill. Although Divis and Black Mountain are nowadays perceived as names for two separate peaks, both are ultimately derived from the Ir. Dubhais [DUPN], 'black ridge/peak', Divis being an anglicisation and Black Mountain being a (loose) translation. The name Black Mountain is now applied to the lower peak which immediately overlooks West Belfast. This has given rise to another Irish form, An Sliabh Dubh, but it is important to realise that this a recent back-translation or re-Gaelicisation from the English form. It is also possible that Dubhais is itself a re-interpretation of an earlier name, especially as other colours do not appear to combine with ais in hill -names. Something akin to Welsh diffwys meaning ‘steep slope’ or ‘desolate area’ would seem apt both for Divis in the Belfast Hills and to Dooish in Glenveagh.   Divis is the highest hill in the Belfast Hills area and the 636th highest in Ireland. Divis is the most westerly summit in the Belfast Hills area.

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Great views .. by Wilderness   (Show all for Divis (Dubhais))
 
Made my first visit to Divis and Black Mountain d .. by bejasus   (Show all for Divis (Dubhais))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Divis (<i>Dubhais</i>) in area Belfast Hills, Ireland
Picture: Cavehill in the distance
 
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by Wilderness  17 Apr 2018
The car park is quite high up on the west side of the mountain at J266741 starA. There are a number of different trails to walk around on Divis and Black mountain. Divis is the highest point (478m), with Black mountain coming in second (390m) . Black mountain offers the best views of Belfast. Divis being the highest point will give you extensive views in all directions: on a good day you will easily see the Mournes, Antrim, the Sperrins, Scotland and even Donegal. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/520/comment/15199/
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