| 词条 | Glens of Antrim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Glens of Antrim,[1] known locally as simply The Glens, is a region of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It comprises nine glens (valleys), that radiate from the Antrim Plateau to the coast. The Glens are an area of outstanding natural beauty and are a major tourist attraction in north Antrim. The main towns and villages in the Glens are Ballycastle, Cushendun, Cushendall, Waterfoot, Carnlough and Glenarm. The Glens are mentioned in the song "Ireland's Call". The Lordship of the Glens, from the mid-13th century, first belonged to the Scoto-Irish Norman Bissett family. In the mid-16th century it came into the ownership of the MacDonnells of Antrim. The nine glens from northernmost to southernmost are:
Glenravel is sometimes considered a tenth glen. It lies to the southwest of Glenballyeamon and Glenariff, being separated from the latter by the Glenariff forest park. The main settlements of Glenravel are Cargan, Martinstown and Skerry (Newtowncrommelin). ArchaeologyIn the Glens there is evidence of Neolithic communities. At Glencloy, Neolithic people had megalithic tombs in the uplands, while they lived in settlements near the coast at the end of the valley. The beaches were sources of flint, as evidenced by stone tool (lithic) production sites in the glens. At Madman's Window (near Glenarm) Neolithic chipping floors and stone axe rough outs were found along with Neolithic pottery, scrapers, flakes, and leaf-shaped arrowheads. At Bay Farm in Carnlough, a Neolithic site near marshland, archaeologists found occupation debris, charcoal, postholes, flint cores, axes and Neolithic pottery.[4] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Logainm.ie (Placenames Database of Ireland) 2. ^1 2 3 Moyle District Council Area, Northern Ireland Place-Name Project, Queen's University Belfast 3. ^1 2 Place Names NI {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001000000/http://www.placenamesni.org/Index.html |date=October 1, 2010 }} 4. ^{{cite book |author1=O'Sullivan, Aidan |author2=Breen, Colin| year=2007 |title=Maritime Ireland. An Archaeology of Coastal Communities | publisher=Tempus | location= Stroud | page=63 |isbn=978-0-7524-2509-2}} External links{{commons category}}
4 : Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland|Glens of County Antrim|Protected areas of County Antrim|Earldom of Ulster |
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