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Antrim Hills Area   Cen: Central Antrim Hills Subarea
Place count in area: 27, OSI/LPS Maps: 14, 15, 4, 5, 8, 9 
Highest place:
Trostan, 550m
Maximum height for area: 550 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 515 metres,

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Soarns Hill Hill Sliabh Bán A name in Irish, also Slievebane an extra name in English (Ir. Sliabh Bán [OSI], 'white or fallow mountain') Antrim County in NI and in Ulster Province, in Carn List, Olivine basalt lava Bedrock

Height: 403m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 9 Grid Reference: D21085 14081
Place visited by 32 members. Recently by: Colin Murphy, Paddym99, garybuz, Andy1287, Kilcoobin, eamonoc, Fergalh, Xiom5724, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, Ulsterpooka, trostanite, Wilderness, whoRya, Peter Walker
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Longitude: -6.110526, Latitude: 54.959558 , Easting: 321085, Northing: 414081 Prominence: 38m,  Isolation: 1.8km
ITM: 721007 914066,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SrnsHl, 10 char: Soarns Hil
Bedrock type: Olivine basalt lava, (Upper Basalt Formation)

The Irish name, Sliabh Bán, is fairly transparent. However, the origin of the English name, Soarns Hill, is obscure. It may be derived from Ir. sorn, 'kiln', but the hill seems rather too high and remote for this. There were limekilns near the coast at Carnlough.   Soarns Hill is the 928th highest place in Ireland.

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Long, tough tramp through high heather & grass .. by group   (Show all for Soarns Hill (Sliabh Bán))
 
Forested summit .. by slemish   (Show all for Soarns Hill (Sliabh Bán))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Soarns Hill (<i>Sliabh Bán</i>) in area Antrim Hills, Ireland
Picture: Gloves mark the spot
 
Firebreak Bliss
by eamonoc  31 Mar 2019
Visited Soarns Hill on Thursday 21st March in atrocious weather, almost zero visibility and the 20km trek around Carncormick, Mid Hill and Colin top was akin to Mid Antrim water torture. Spent most of the day up to me Ankles in water
and the only respite came in the shape of the firebreak on Soarns Hill!!. In the midst of a 5hr soul searching exercise and repeating the mantra Why Oh Why!. Spotted a pair of Gloves beside the fence at entrance to said firebreak, rstored my faith in Mountainviews as gloves belonged to Fergal H. he had visited on 2nd December, dedicate this comment to the other 25 members who dared to visit Soarns Hill, If in Antrim well worth a viisit, if you must Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/810/comment/20475/
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Local summit visit .. by Harry Goodman   (Show all for Soarns Hill (Sliabh Bán))
 
Soarns Hill, a hill for bad weather. With a fore .. by three5four0   (Show all for Soarns Hill (Sliabh Bán))
 
Maybe, a not so hidden Central Antrim Gem of a hi .. by eamonoc   (Show all for Soarns Hill (Sliabh Bán))
 
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