Slemish
Sign in to saveSlemish, historically called Slieve Mish (), is a hill in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies a few miles east of Ballymena, in the townland of Carnstroan. Tradition holds that Saint Patrick, enslaved as a youth, was brought to this area and tended sheep herds on Slemish, and that during this time he found God.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Slemish is referenced by 302 other articles, and connects out to volcano, sheep and Northern Ireland.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_scale, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Marilyns of Northern Ireland, Mountains and hills of County Antrim and Paleogene Ireland.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Slemish
- Mountain.translation
- Mis' Mountain
- Mountain.photo
- Slemish (6) - geograph.org.uk - 624718.jpg
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 437
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 150
- Mountain.listing
- Marilyn
- Mountain.location
- County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Mountain.range
- Antrim Hills
- Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
- D221054
- Mountain.type
- Volcanic plug
- Mountain.map
- UK Northern Ireland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Northern Ireland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Part of
- Glens of Antrim
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Antrim
- Elevation
- 437
- Image
- Slemish mountain County Antrim.jpg
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- Commons category
- Slemish
- topographic prominence
- 150
- located in/on physical feature
- Glens of Antrim
- historic county
- County Antrim
- native label
- Sliabh Mis
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Slemish, historically called Slieve Mish (), is a hill in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies a few miles east of Ballymena, in the townland of Carnstroan. Tradition holds that Saint Patrick, enslaved as a youth, was brought to this area and tended sheep herds on Slemish, and that during this time he found God.
Slemish is the remains of the plug of an extinct volcano. The plug is made of olivine dolerite and was formed during the Palaeogene period of the Earth's geological history. Its distinctive appearance —its upper reaches are very steep and rugged, in contrast to the tidy fields on its lower westward-facing slopes and the relatively flat bogland to the east— causes it to dominate the landscape for miles around.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Slemish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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