White Mountain, County Antrim

White Mountain, County Antrim
County
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Northern Ireland
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Ambulance Northern Ireland
EU Parliament Northern Ireland

White Mountain is a townland of 484 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 14.5km south-west of Belfast.[1] It is situated in the civil parish of Derriaghy and the historic barony of Massereene Upper.[2]

The townland is named from White Mountain, a 250m high hill, on which there were extensive limestone quarries.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "White Mountain". Place Names NI. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. "White Mountain". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

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